“This week, several Boulder officers and others responded to a local hospital to formally place the suspect in the shooting on Monday in custody,” police said in the tweet. “In doing so, the police informed him that the handcuffs used that day were those of Officer Eric Talley. The suspect was taken to prison.”
“It was a great honor to use Officer Talley’s handcuffs to formally prosecute him in prison,” the police said. “Although it was a small gesture, we hope it will be the beginning of the healing process that so many of us need right now.”
“I must tell you the heroic action of that policeman in reacting to the scene,” said the chief of police. “He didn’t need to work in policing, but he felt a higher calling.”
She said Talley was “willing to die to protect others” and incorporated “everything that policing deserves and needs”.
Alissa, 21, is accused of killing 10 people randomly with an AR-15 pistol. When he was arrested at the scene of the shooting, he was taken to the hospital because he was shot in the leg. He was arrested at Boulder County Prison the next day.
Alissa was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.