The 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire inside a Colorado grocery store and killing 10 people was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was being treated for a gunshot wound, but was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and was taken into the custody of the local police.
THE victims who died in the shooting were between 20 and 65 years old. Among them was a 51-year-old Boulder policeman Eric Talley, father of seven children, who responded to the shooting.
“He died attacking the line of fire to save people who were simply trying to live their lives and shop, and the man who shot them will be held fully accountable,” said Michael Dougherty, the district attorney for Boulder County.
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 that another city was “marked by armed violence“and urged Congress to approve arms control measures.” I just can’t imagine what the families are feeling, the victims whose future has been stolen from them, from their families, from their loved ones, who know they have to fight to continue and try to understand what happened. “
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