Man charged with killing Fort Carson soldier Karen Mamo

Court document describes attempt to cover up shooting death
October 25, 2012
MATT STEINER

An argument between a wife and her estranged husband ended with a fatal gunshot and an attempt by the 26-year-old man to disguise the crime as a suicide, court records show.

Louis Mamo was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 25-year-old Fort Carson soldier Karen Mamo.

According to an arrest affidavit, the couple’s roommate described a sequence of events in which Louis Mamo apparently shot his wife late Monday night and told police six hours later that he came home to find Karen Mamo with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Police responded to the aparment at 3210 N. Chestnut St. in western Colorado Springs just before 6 a.m. Tuesday and found the woman lying against the side of her bed. There was a bullet hole in Karen Mamo’s head, but interviews with family members indicated the woman was right-handed while the wound was in the upper left side of her skull.
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