Colorado shooting suspect charged with killing 10 people amid new calls for gun control
- ‘He is charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree and will be soon transported to Boulder county jail,’ said Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold
- President Joe Biden vowed to ‘use all the resources at my disposal to keep the American people safe’
A 21-year-old man was charged on Tuesday with gunning 10 people down in a Colorado grocery store, as America reeled from its second mass shooting in less than a week – sparking urgent new calls for gun control.
The suspect, named as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was in hospital after being shot in an exchange of fire with officers following the attack on King Soopers in Boulder County, 50km northwest of the state capital Denver, on Monday afternoon.
“He is charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree and will be soon transported to Boulder county jail,” Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold told a press conference.
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Suspect in Colorado shooting charged with murder after 10 people killed in attack
The police chief also read out, one by one, the names of the 10 people killed in the attack, men and women aged from 20 to 65, including a police officer who was a father of seven.
Eric Talley, 51, an 11-year veteran of the Boulder police force, had recently been looking for a less dangerous job, according to a statement released by his father.
Police identified the nine other victims as Denny Stong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jody Waters, 65.
“Boulder county is a small community – we’re all looking over the list. Do we know anybody?” said Governor Jared Polis at the press conference. “None of them expected that this would be their last day here on the planet.”
