Police have identified the suspect in shooting as Ahmad Alissa. The 21-year-old is charged with ten counts of murder in the first degree in connection with the Monday afternoon shooting at the King Sooper supermarket.
The attacker opened fire at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. local time Monday. Officer Eric Talley, 51, of the Boulder Police Department, who was responding to the shooting, was among the ten people killed.
The suspect was injured and taken into custody.
Alissa was a high school wrestler who has been described by his family as ‘mentally ill’, He now lives in Arvada, Colorado, around 30 miles from the grocery store he targeted on Monday. Read more here.
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