“We all need space to mourn, space to be angry. “At times like this, it’s hard to see the light that shines through the darkness,” Polis said. The governor said Colorado can’t let shootings like the one on Monday become a normal occurrence. Jared Polis speaks at a news conference in Boulder. Herold said she doesn’t believe the suspect was known to law enforcement. (Steve Peterson, Special to The Colorado Sun) Employees of the Table Mesa King Soopers store in Boulder where a gunman opened fire March 22, 2021, are escorted to safety by emergency responders. Authorities are confident the community is safe and the suspect was the only person involved.ĭougherty warned that the investigation into the shooting could take up to a year. “We don’t have the answer to that yet.”ĭougherty said the suspect has “lived most of his life in the United States,” but he didn’t elaborate.

“Why did this happen?” Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said. He was arrested at 3:28 p.m., about 50 minutes after the shooting began. He then saw that the gunman was shooting toward him with a rifle.Īlissa did not answer investigators’ questions at first, though he did ask to speak to his mother. One responding officer was searching the King Soopers for the suspect when he found Officer Talley’s body. “The suspect then walked up to the elderly man, stood over him and shot him multiple additional times.” “(King Soopers) employees observed the suspect shoot an elderly man in the parking lot,” Alissa’s arrest affidavit says. The documents also provide details on Monday’s attack, but not a motive. The documents don’t say if that weapon was allegedly used in the King Soopers shooting. Law enforcement databases revealed Alissa purchased a Ruger AR-556 firearm on March 16, the documents say. A woman who lived at the same Arvada home as Alissa told investigators she had seen him “playing with a gun she thought looked like a ‘machine gun'” just days before the shooting. on Thursday.Īrrest documents released Tuesday morning say Alissa had a green tactical vest, a rifle and a semiautomatic handgun. Court officials say his first appearance before a judge is set for 8:15 a.m. He faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and is being held without bond at the Boulder County jail. The suspect, who was wounded in the leg in the shooting, is in stable condition. Herold also identified the alleged gunman as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old Arvada man. Their families were notified of their deaths by 4 a.m.

Herold said the bodies of all of the victims were removed from the King Soopers in Table Mesa by 1:30 a.m. “At this time we do not believe any are CU students,” Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said Tuesday morning at a news conference in Boulder. Meet Colorado’s Congressional delegation.Suspect bought gun days before shooting at Boulder King Soopers, is accused of 10 counts of murder 10 victims of Boulder King Soopers shooting, suspect identified those killed ranged in age from 20 to 65 Close

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