Colorado shooting victims: Shop owner, actress, 'spitfire'
Rikki Olds, 25, an employee of King Soopers, was slain Monday, March 22, 2021, in the supermarket shooting that killed multiple people in Boulder, Colo. AdTERI LEIKERA longtime King Soopers employee, she was a โspitfireโ who felt free to yell โhello" across the store when colleagues came in to work, Giffen said. LYNN MURRAYShe was shopping at King Soopers, where a friendโs daughter had seen her. A front-end manager at King Soopers, Olds aspired to work her way up to store manager. AdโShe was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person," said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.
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 woman who coughed on cancer patients could face jail time | AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in vaccine trial]AdOrlando Police Chief Orlando Rolรณn is reacting to the tragedy.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.
Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3
The shooter was a member of the Saudi military who was in aviation training at the base, Florida Gov. Earlier Friday, two U.S. officials identified the student as a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force, and said authorities were investigating whether the attack was terrorism-related. One of the Navy's most historic and storied bases, Naval Air Station Pensacola sprawls along the waterfront southwest of the city's downtown and dominates the economy of the surrounding area. The base is also home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team, and includes the National Naval Aviation Museum, a popular regional tourist attraction. The shooting is the second at a U.S. naval base this week.