The 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire at a Colorado grocery store and killing ten people has been charged with 10 first-degree homicide offenses. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was being treated for a firearm, but was released from hospital on Tuesday afternoon and detained by local police.
He victims who died in the shooting was between 20 and 65 years old. Among them was a 51-year-old Boulder police officer Eric Talley, father of seven children, who responded to the shooting.
“He died charging against the line of fire to save people who were simply trying to live their lives and go buy food, and the man who killed them will be fully responsible,” said Michael Dougherty, Boulder County District Attorney. .
The other victims were identified as Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; Rikki Olds, 25; Neven Stanisic, 23; Denny Stong, 20; and Jody Waters, 65.
At the White House, President Biden said another city has been “marked by armed violence“and called on Congress to take gun control measures.” I can’t imagine how families feel, whose victims were robbed of their future, of their families, of their loved ones, who know they have to fight to keep going and try to make sense of what has happened. “
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