Colorado shooting suspect passed check in legal gun purchase
โLike the rest of the community, we too want to know why โ why that King Soopers, why Boulder, why Monday," Herold said. The suspect passed a background check conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation before purchasing a gun, Eagleton said. The gun store is in a shopping center that also has a chiropractic clinic, yoga studio and foot massage parlor. A different King Soopers store is across the street. His funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in the Boulder County city of Lafayette.
Lawyer: Colorado shooting suspect needs mental health review
Alissa is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at another police officer, who was unhurt. A law enforcement official briefed on the shooting previously said that the suspectโs family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering from some type of mental illness, including delusions. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions, officials say
โI just really am having a hard time understanding why me and my friends deserve to die,โ she said, wondering why the gunman chose to target the Boulder store specifically. The 21-year-old suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was in jail and scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday on murder charges. Weโre a part of their community.โAdThe attack was the nationโs deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people. According to two law enforcement officials, Alissa was born in Syria in 1999, emigrated to the U.S. as a toddler and later became a U.S. citizen. The law enforcement official said the suspectโs family told investigators that he had delusions and that they believed he had some type of mental illness.
โTheyโre responding to the unknown:โ Orlando police chief reminds of officersโ sacrifices after Colorado mass shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. โ Across the country, flags are at half-staff in honor of the victims of a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday. [TRENDING: โTragedy and nightmare:โ 10 killed in Colorado | Fla. woman who coughed on cancer patients could face jail time | AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in vaccine trial]AdOrlando Police Chief Orlando Rolรณn is reacting to the tragedy. https://t.co/4NxhmiBTJ2 โ Chief Orlando Rolรณn (@OrlandoPDChief) March 23, 2021He said what happened in Boulder is devastating all the way around, but is also an example of the sacrifice made by officers daily. He said his department has made changes especially after the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando and the shooting in Las Vegas. Thereโs now a growing memorial outside of the Orlando Police Department in Valenciaโs honor.
Colorado shooting victims: Store staffers, cop, photographer
Police say multiple people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., including Talley. (Courtesy of Boulder Police Department via AP)Three were gunned down while putting in a day's work at a Colorado supermarket. Those who lost their lives at the King Soopers store in Boulder ranged from 20 years old to 65. The school superintendent there expressed condolences and praised โthe example Officer Talley leaves us all.โLYNN MURRAYMurray was shopping at King Soopers, where a friendโs daughter had seen her. Word made it to her husband, John Mackenzie, who drove to the store and started texting his wife.
โThis is a tragedy and a nightmare:โ Victims identified in Colorado mass shooting
Relatives described times when Alissa told them people were following or chasing him, which they said may have contributed to the violence, the official said. The attack was the nationโs deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people in a rampage that police said targeted Mexicans. That ordinance and another banning large-capacity magazines came after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. The judge struck down the ordinance under a Colorado law that blocks cities from making their own rules about guns. Supermarket employees told investigators that Alissa shot a man multiple times outside the Boulder grocery store before going inside, according to the affidavit.
UPDATE: 10 people, including โheroicโ officer, killed at Colorado supermarket
BOULDER, Colo. โ Police say 10 people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting at a Colorado supermarket. Kerry Yamaguchi said at a news conference Monday that a person of interest is in custody and is being treated. She identified slain Officer Eric Talley, who she called โheroic.โ He had been with Boulder police since 2010. AdA man who said he was shopping at the store told KCNC-TV that he heard a loud bang, then heard another, and by the third, everyone was running. TV footage showed an ambulance pulled away from the store, apparently carrying the bleeding man brought out of the store in handcuffs.
โWe are grieving with you:โ Orlando area law enforcement leaders react to officerโs death in Boulder
ORLANDO, Fla. โ As news spread Monday that a police officer was killed when a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, Central Florida law enforcement leaders took to social media to express their condolences. We have multiple people who were killed in this incident and I am sorry to have to report that one of them was a Boulder police officer,โ Yamaguchi said. Central Florida law enforcement officials, who know firsthand the impact an active shooter situation can have after the Pulse nightclub shooting that left 49 people dead in June 2016, offered their solidarity. To the @BoulderPolice & all of the first responders & law enforcement who responded to this tragedy, we stand by you during this difficult time. https://t.co/4NxhmiBTJ2 โ Chief Orlando Rolรณn (@OrlandoPDChief) March 23, 2021Prayers and support for the families of the victims and the Boulder Police Department.
Police: 10 people killed in Colorado supermarket shooting
Police work on the scene outside of a King Soopers grocery store where a shooting took place Monday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)BOULDER, Colo. โ A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. I promise the victims and the people of the state of Colorado that we will secure justice." Matthew Kirsch, the acting U.S. attorney for Colorado, pledged that โthe full weight of federal law enforcementโ will support the investigation. Officials have not said whether the suspect is the person who was taken from the shooting scene to Foothills Hospital in Boulder. White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the shooting.