The gunfire sent terrorized shoppers and employees scrambling for cover. Another person was found shot in a vehicle next to a car registered to the suspect’s brother. Supermarket employees told investigators that Alissa shot a man multiple times outside the Boulder grocery store before going inside, according to the affidavit. The judge struck down the ordinance under a Colorado law that blocks cities from making their own rules about guns. 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.Ī lawsuit challenging the bans was filed quickly, backed by the National Rifle Association. The shooting came 10 days after a judge blocked a ban on assault rifles passed by the city of Boulder in 2018. Biden supports the measures, but they face a tougher route to passage in a closely divided Senate with a slim Democratic majority. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to bring forward two House-passed bills to require expanded background checks for gun buyers. “Ten lives have been lost, and more families have been shattered by gun violence in the state of Colorado,” Biden said at the White House. In Washington, President Joe Biden called on Congress to tighten the nation’s gun laws. The attack was the nation’s 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.
The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. 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. Investigators have not established a motive, but they believe Alissa was the only shooter, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said.Ī law enforcement official briefed on the shooting said the suspect’s family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering some type of mental illness, including delusions. He was due to make a first court appearance Thursday. It was not immediately known where the gun was purchased.Īlissa, who is from the Denver suburb of Arvada, was booked into the county jail Tuesday on murder charges after being treated at a hospital. (AP) - The suspect accused of opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket was a 21-year-old man who purchased an assault weapon less than a week earlier, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer.Īhmad Al Aliwi Alissa bought the weapon on March 16, just six days before the attack at a King Soopers store in Boulder, according to an arrest affidavit.
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