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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2021 15:11:30 GMT
Suspect, Victims Identified In Boulder Shooting At Grocery Store
Watch live coverage as Boulder officials hold a briefing after an active shooting at a Colorado grocery store.
The 21-year-old suspect in Monday's massacre at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said Tuesday.
The 10 people who died ranged in age from 20 to 65, she said. That includes Boulder police Officer Eric Talley, 51. The suspect is a resident of Arvada, Colorado, Herold said.
"We are going to do everything in our power to make sure this suspect has a thorough trial," and a thorough investigation will be done, Herold said.
[Original story, published at 10:26 a.m. ET]
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman opened fire in a supermarket in the Colorado college city of Boulder, in one of several mass shootings in the US over the last week.
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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2021 19:17:16 GMT
Colorado investigators have a long road ahead piecing together how the Boulder supermarket shooting was carried out and why. News4Jax Crime and Safety Expert Ken Jefferson joins us on the Morning Show.
Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket, and court documents showed that he purchased an assault rifle less than a week before the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer.
Supermarket employees told investigators that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa shot an elderly man multiple times Monday outside the Boulder grocery store before going inside, according to the documents. Another person was found shot in a vehicle next to a car registered to suspect’s brother.
Authorities said Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police inside the store. The suspect was being treated at a hospital and was expected to be booked into the county jail later in the day on murder charges.
Investigators have not established a motive, but authorities believe he was the only shooter, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said.
The suspect purchased the assault weapon just six days before the shooting, on March 16, according to the arrest affidavit released Tuesday. It was not immediately known where the gun was purchased.
The shooting came 10 days after a judge blocked a ban on assault rifles passed by the city of Boulder in 2018. 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.
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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2021 20:07:47 GMT
The 21-year-old suspect in Monday's massacre at a Colorado supermarket -- which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police officer -- faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, police said Tuesday. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, of Arvada, near Denver, is accused of opening fire Monday afternoon at the King Soopers store in the university city of Boulder, killing people ranging in age from 20 to 65, authorities said.  Police took the suspect into custody at the store Monday afternoon, less than an hour after panicked 911 callers told dispatchers of the killings unfolding there. Alissa, who at some point was shot in the leg Monday, was booked Tuesday into county jail after being treated at a hospital, authorities said. The motive in the Boulder killings -- one of several mass shootings in the US over the last week -- isn't immediately known, and the investigation will take a long time, authorities said. Still, investigators believe he was the only perpetrator, they said. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 24, 2021 5:49:43 GMT
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was identified by authorities Tuesday as the gunman who opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado, killing 10 people, including a Boulder police officer. The name of the 21-year-old suspect, who is in custody, was released at a news conference by Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold, who did not disclose a possible motive for Monday's bloodshed.  A search of the suspect's suburban Denver home turned up other weapons, a senior law enforcement source said Tuesday. The weapon used in the attack was an AR-15-style pistol modified with an arm brace, according to the source. Authorities believe Alissa was the only person involved and that there was no additional threat to the community.  The suspect has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one charge of attempted murder, according to his arrest warrant. His first court appearance is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. (10:15 a.m. ET) Thursday, according to Colorado Judicial Branch online records. The warrant described Alissa as being armed with either an assault rifle or "black AR-15" and wearing a "tactical" or "armored" vest. |
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