10 killed in Colorado grocery store shooting

Kroger said three employees were among those killed in the shooting at King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado.?

They were Denny Stong, Rikki Olds, and Teri Leiker, the company said in a statement.

“The entire Kroger family offers our thoughts, prayers and support to those impacted by this tragedy, including our associates, customers and first responders, and their families.”

First lady Jill Biden called for action Tuesday following a mass shooting that left 10 dead at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.

“Ten more lives have been stolen by gun violence. The grief we feel is heartbreakingly familiar, but we cannot become numb to it.?We must act now,” she tweeted.

Monday’s shooting comes just days after eight were killed in a series of shootings in the Atlanta area. President Biden is facing growing pressure to act on guns in the wake of these latest mass shootings.

The suspect in the Boulder, Colorado, shooting pleaded guilty to third-degree assault?approximately three years ago after?attacking a high school classmate, according to court documents and a police report.

In February 2018, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was charged with assault after allegedly attacking a classmate at Arvada West High School in the Denver suburb of Arvada.

The case stemmed from a November 2017 incident in which Alissa, then-18, “got up in [a] classroom, walked over?to [the] victim & ‘cold-cocked’ him in the head,” according to a report from a police officer included in the case file. Alissa “got on top of [the victim] & punched him in [the] head?several more times,” the report says, adding that the victim “had bruising, swelling & cuts to [the] head, as well as pain.”

The officer wrote, “No witnesses could see or hear any reason” for the attack,?and that Alissa said that the victim “had made fun of him & called him racial names weeks earlier.”

Alissa, who is now 21, pleaded guilty in March 2018 and was sentenced to one year probation, 48 hours of community service, and “treatment to address response to anger,” according to the court documents.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis attends a press conference in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told CNN that his state is still stunned in the wake of yesterday’s shooting at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder.

The governor said he ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff for 10 days to honor the 10 victims in Monday’s shooting. He said he will speak with the families of the victims “when they’re ready to take the call.”

Polis also said he spoke with President Biden today after the President called for a ban on assault weapons and for Congress to pass two-gun control measures.

“We had a good conversation,” the governor said. “He expressed his condolences, He’s seen a lot of loss in his life, including, of course, his son and his wife, and so many others. He’s no stranger to loss.”

“He gave some comforting words to Colorado. To me, I think there will be a broad discussion about the policy side,” Polis continued. “We have, for instance, universal background checks in Colorado, but some of our neighboring states don’t. I know Congress is looking at closing that loophole.”

“For now, we’re really trying to do our best to comfort the families, the friends of the 10 people who are no longer with us,” he added.

A memorial is forming outside the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, Tuesday afternoon, near where 10 people were shot and killed a day before.

People gathered near the store to leave flowers, notes and crosses in tribute to the victims.

A mourner leaves flowers at a makeshift memorial outside of King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

Crosses bearing the names of the shooting victims hang from a fence.

A person pays their respects at the memorial outside of King Soopers.

A note left on a bouquet of flowers reads "with all of our love."

Mike Malone, head coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, opened his Tuesday pregame media session by naming the victims of the Boulder shooting, breaking down into tears after doing so.

“I think we’re all tired of it. I think that’s an understatement,” a visibly distraught Malone said. He went on to continue and once again was driven to tears, pausing intermittently, saying, “We get judged on wins and losses. I apologize. We get judged on wins and losses, but if you take a step back and you put yourself in one of those families, what do you feel?”

Malone fought through his emotions and spoke further about Eric Talley, the Boulder police officer who was killed in the shooting.

The Nuggets are in Orlando and will play the Orlando Magic at 7 p.m. ET.

Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver said that gun reform measures should be strengthened at the state and federal level after a mass shooting left 10 dead at a supermarket in his Colorado city.?

Earlier, President Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and tighten background checks.

The mayor said an assault weapons ban was passed in the city in 2018, but earlier this month, a Colorado district court judge blocked the city from enforcing its ban. Weaver added, “I’m not certain that if the ban?had not been overturned that?this killer would have made any?different choices.”?

While there are background checks and other measures in place in the state, “the results of yesterday’s?shooting show us that they are?not strong enough,” Weaver said. ?

“I don’t think they are?sufficient, and they certainly?weren’t sufficient to prevent?yesterday’s tragedy,” Weaver said.?

“The only positive thing to come?out of this will be that our?community will bond together and?work through our pain, and then?we’ll look to the future and see?if there are ways to prevent?this from ever happening to?another community,” he added.

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Two of the victims in Monday’s mass shooting at King Soopers supermarket were recent graduates of area high schools, according to a statement from Boulder Valley School District Superintendent Rob Anderson.

Denny Stong was a 2019 graduate of Fairview High School and Rikki Olds was a 2013 graduate of Centaurus High School, Anderson said in a statement Tuesday.

“Several of the other victims were parents of our graduates and given the fact that this is a close-knit community, there will likely be many other connections to BVSD schools both amongst those who were killed and other victims,” Anderson said.

A now-removed?Facebook profile is shedding more light on the Colorado shooting suspect,?21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa.?

A high school classmate,?and Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa’s brother Ali Aliwi Alissa, confirmed to CNN the Facebook page’s?authenticity.?A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CNN the company had removed Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to the suspect.

In a number of Facebook posts, the shooting suspect made homophobic remarks and in two posts, even used?anti-gay slurs.??

He also claimed?to believe?that his former high school had been hacking into his phone.?

“Just curious what are the laws about phone privacy because I believe my old school (a west) was hacking my phone,” the suspect wrote in a March 18, 2019 Facebook post.??

He made a second post on July 5, 2019, also claiming that “racist islamophobic people” were hacking his phone, saying, “let me have a normal life I probably could.”???

When questioned about it by his Facebook friends about?how?he believed that the school was hacking his phone, Alissa responded, “I believe part racism for sure. But I also believe someone spread rumors about me which are false and maybe that set it off.”??

The profile claims that Alissa attended Arvada West High School; Jefferson County Public Schools spokesperson Cameron Bell confirms he was a student there from March 2015 until he graduated in May 2018.??

Bell did not immediately respond with a comment on Alissa’s Facebook post.

That post comes in light of what his brother also told CNN, namely that?he believes?the suspect?may have?suffered from mental illness and that around 2014, Alissa felt he was being followed and chased and became increasingly “paranoid.”??

At one point, his brother remembers Alissa even placed duct-tape over the camera on his computer to block anyone he believed to be following him, he said.

“He always suspected someone was behind him, someone was chasing him,” Ali Alissa said. “We kept a close eye on him when he was in high school. He would say, ‘someone is chasing me, someone is investigating me,’ and we’re like, ‘come on man, there’s nothing.’ … He was just closing into himself.”?

Alissa also posted videos of him purportedly wrestling in high school.?He occasionally made posts about his Muslim faith.

“Born in Syria 1999 came to the USA in 2002,” Alissa wrote in his profile description.?“I like wrestling and informational documentaries.”??

In 2015, like many Facebook users, he changed his profile picture to the French flag in the wake of the terrorist attacks at a musical venue in Paris.?He also shared a post from another Facebook user about Islamophobia in the aftermath of the April 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings.

“The Muslims at the #christchurch mosque were not the victims of a single shooter,” the shared post read.?“They were the victims of the entire Islamophobia industry that villified [sic] them.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference on Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to comment on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to the House-passed gun background check bills, when asked by CNN’s Jessica Dean.

Schumer said he’s going to meet with Sen. Chris Murphy, who is sponsoring the Background Check Expansion Act, and other Democrats and they’ll figure out “the best way to move forward” on gun reform legislation.

Biden pressed the Senate earlier today?to take up the gun legislation that the House has passed in the wake of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, that killed 10 people at a grocery store.?

The New York Democrat also sidestepped CNN’s question on whether Democrats would consider a narrower piece of legislation on background checks, like Manchin-Toomey, at his weekly policy presser on Tuesday.

Schumer noted that he will bring both the House-passed background check bills to the floor for a vote. He would not, however, nail down a timeline for when he’d bring them to the Senate floor, pointing to how “there’s a whole lot of things that we want to do” like confirming nominees, confirming judges, a China bill, among many others.

Schumer also said that flags at the US Capitol are being lowered to half-staff today to honor the victims of the horrific shooting in Colorado.

Police respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22.?

Authorities have released the arrest warrant for Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, who is the suspect in yesterday’s mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado.

The document, released by Boulder County officials,?provides new details about the shooting that left 10 dead.

The document describes Alissa as being armed with either an assault rifle or “black AR-15” and wearing a “tactical” or “armored” vest. The 10 victims were “were located in the store and in the parking lot of the business, including a deceased party in a vehicle in the parking lot.”??

The “deceased party” was?in a vehicle?parked next to a car that officers believe belongs to Alissa’s brother.

“A green rifle case was observed in the front passenger compartment,” the affidavit added.

The document described how “employees observed the suspect shoot an elderly man in the parking lot.”

“The suspect then walked up to the elderly man, stood over him and shot him multiple additional times,” it added.

Although the full chronology of the shooting is still unclear, the document describes SWAT officers making entry into the supermarket and responding to a downed officer,?Eric?Talley.

“Officer Talley was obviously deceased from a bullet wound to the head,” the affidavit says.?

Shortly after that, the affidavit says an officer “heard SWAT Operators in voice contact with someone.”

That person turned out to be Alissa “walking backward to the SWAT Team to be taken into custody.”

“Alissa had removed all of his clothing and was dressed only in shorts,” the affidavit adds.?

After Alissa was walked out of the store, he wouldn’t tell officers if there were other suspects.

The affidavit says that Alissa’s items that he “removed on scene included a green tactical vest, a rifle (possible AR-15), a semiautomatic handgun, a pair of jeans and a dark colored long-sleeved shirt.”

The affidavit says that “using law enforcement databases, investigators determined that Alissa had purchased a Ruger AR556 pistol on March 16, 2021.”

Alissa faces 10 charges of murder in the first degree and one charge of attempted murder, according to the warrant.?

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday the White House is considering taking executive actions on gun safety measures and to address violence in communities.?

Some more context: Earlier on Tuesday,?Biden pressed the Senate?to take up gun legislation that the House has passed in the wake of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, that killed 10 people at a grocery store.?

Facebook has shut down Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado, mass shooting, a company spokesperson told CNN Tuesday.?

The Facebook spokesperson said the company is in contact with law enforcement and that it will remove any content that praises the shooting or the suspect.?

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin speaks during a hearing on gun violence in Washington, DC, on March 23.

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said the government can combat gun violence the same way they tackled the opioid crisis.?

“We can do this,” Durbin said during his opening remarks during a hearing on gun violence Tuesday.

Durbin said when they announced holding this hearing?on “Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence”?last week Tuesday it was prior to the mass shooting in Georgia and as he was preparing his remarks on Monday, 10 people were killed in Boulder, Colorado.

“We?can’t keep up with it. I can’t change them in my opening statement, to keep up with it.?It just keeps coming at us,” Durbin said.

“We are Senate leaders, what are we doing other than reflecting and praying?” Durbin said.?

Before showing a brief video of a montage of gun violence coverage on the news, Durbin said that an average 109 Americans lives are lost to gun violence – suicides, murders, accidental shootings, homicides – “the numbers are sobering …?We’ve seen too many desperate trips to the emergency room too many funerals too many families and communities have been scarred forever by gun violence. We’ve come to accept it as part of American life.”?

Durbin said that while gun violence disproportionately affects people of color “nobody is immune.”?

Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun reform measures.

As the?hearing?on?gun reform measures opened this morning in the?Senate?Judiciary Committee, the political red lines that have been a hallmark of the issue for decades reemerge.

In opening statements, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut accused Republicans of having no solutions?on?guns. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, pushed back, citing efforts he and Sen. Chuck Grassley have undertaken that are more incremental and blasted Democrats for pushing gun reform every time there is a shooting.

“We have had far too many tragedies in our country,” Cruz said.?“I’ve been to too damn many of these. Every time there is a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater…”

“Democrats propose taking away?guns?from law abiding citizens,” Cruz said. “When you disarm law abiding citizens, you make them more likely to be victims. If you want to stop these murders go after the murders.”

Grassley, the top Republican?on?Judiciary, argued part of the problem is that the police are not funded well enough.

“We cannot reduce violence in our communities without a professional, well-trained and fully-funded police force,” Grassley said.

Today’s hearing comes as President Biden faces growing pressure to act on gun reform after the latest mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and in the Atlanta area.?

In remarks this afternoon, President Biden urged the Senate to pass a pair of House-passed gun reforms, including a universal background checks measure and an assault weapons ban.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is led away in handcuffs from the scene of the shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22.

Ali Aliwi Alissa confirmed to CNN that?the footage of a handcuffed man bleeding from his leg and?being led away from the scene of the shooting in Boulder, Colorado, is his?brother and shooting suspect, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa.??

There are two videos that show Alissa: one taken by a live streamer on the ground and another from CNN affiliate KMGH’s helicopter.?

In the videos, the man now identified as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is seen with his right leg covered in blood and is being led away from the scene in handcuffs, by two first responders.??

In a news conference on Tuesday morning, authorities said they believe he is the only person involved in the shooting and that there?is?no additional threat to the community.?They would not confirm that the man seen being led out in handcuffs was the suspect, but?Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold confirmed?the suspect was wounded in the leg during “an exchange of gunfire.”

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said Alissa is a resident of the Denver suburb of Arvada, Colorado, who has “lived most of his life in the United States.”

President Biden delivers remarks on the Boulder, Colorado, shooting on Tuesday.

President Biden said he would do everything in his power to keep Americans safe following the latest mass shooting in Colorado and pushed the Senate to immediately pass two House-passed gun reforms, including a universal background checks measure and an assault weapons ban.

“I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common sense steps that will save lives in the future,” he said in remarks from the White House.

He listed a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as strengthening the background check system by closing loopholes, as areas he would like to see Congress act on.

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President Biden delivers remarks on the Boulder, Colorado, shooting on Tuesday.

President Biden offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the Boulder shooting and vowed to use all the?resources at his disposal “to keep?the American people safe.”

“Ten lives have been lost,?and more families have been?shattered by gun violence in the?state of Colorado.?And Jill and I are devastated,” Biden said in remarks from the White House.

Biden praised the heroism of slain Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, one of 10 people killed in yesterday’s shooting.

The President said he’s been briefed by the FBI and the attorney general on the shooting, and that the White House is working closely with local and state law enforcement officials on the investigation. Biden noted that at this moment, “a great deal remains unknown” about the shooting.

Biden “directed that all flags at the White House be flown at half staff” to honor the victims, according to a White House statement.?

Yesterday’s shooting comes just days after eight were killed in a series of shootings in the Atlanta area.?The President is facing growing pressure to act on guns in the wake of these latest mass shootings.

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Ten people, including a police officer, were killed Monday after a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado.

CNN correspondent Dan Simon was live on the scene and answered viewers’ questions about the investigation.

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The suspect in Monday’s grocery store shooting in Colorado, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been booked into Boulder County Jail, according to the jail’s records.

Alissa was booked today at?12:49 p.m. local time, according to the county site.

Officials previously said he was receiving treatment at a hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg.

President Biden has issued a proclamation for flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the Boulder shooting.

A statement just released by the White House says:

Biden also directed flags to be flown at?half-staff for all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and?stations.

Just last week, the President ordered the American flags at the White House and on other federal ground to be flown at half-staff as “a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence” in Atlanta.

Grocery workers — who already showed heroism throughout the Covid-19 pandemic — were heroes during the Colorado mass shooting, said Kim Cordova, president of UFCW Local 7. The union represents grocery store employees, including those in the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, where 10 people died on Monday.?

“Everybody’s?really traumatized. There is a lot of shock,” she added.?

Rikki Olds, 25, has been identified as one of the victims killed in Monday’s shooting at the supermarket. She was a front-end manager at King Soopers, according to her uncle. Olds was a member of the union in another store but transferred over to the nonunion side of the Boulder store, according to Cordova.?

Olds was “very nice, very friendly, very?caring,” Cordova said.?“She was always happy, just a really great person.”?

Cordova said she believes there are several other employees who died during the shooting, but did not comment further as the investigation is ongoing.

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Former President Barack Obama put out a statement calling for those in power to address gun violence in the wake of the deadly shooting in Boulder, Colorado.

His statement comes moments ahead of President Biden’s expected remarks on the matter from the White House.

In the statement Obama says:

A search of Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa’s home turned up other weapons, a senior law enforcement source tells CNN.?

The official also updated the description previously given of the weapon used in the killings. The source describes the weapon as an AR-15-style pistol that had been modified with an arm brace.

Mason Alexander was working at a tattoo parlor near the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, when the shooting occurred yesterday, leaving 10 dead.?

Alexander and his coworkers locked themselves and their customers inside. He said he is still shaken up from it.?

Alexander said it is difficult to know how to deal with mass shootings in the US, but it’s “heartbreaking” and something needs to be done.

“Me sitting here from a?place of privilege as well, you?know, it’s just difficult to know?what to do. We live in a divided?country.?A lot of people, you know,?disagree on a lot of things, so it makes it hard to make progress.?I just wish we could kind of look at?what is really important, and that’s definitely?the lives of everybody.?We want to make sure that the lives?of people are protected and, you?know, we don’t have these?senseless acts of violence,” he said. ?

To “have fellow community?members have their lives taken?from them, it’s?indescribable,” he added.?

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Police, lawmakers and other officials this morning held a news conference following yesterday’s deadly shooting at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.

If you’re just reading in now, here’s what we learned about the victims, the suspect and the investigation:

Correction: An earlier version of this post misspelled victim Denny Stong’s last name based on information provided by the Boulder Police Department.

President Biden will deliver remarks on the Boulder shooting Tuesday before departing for Columbus, Ohio, the White House said in a statement.?

Biden has also “directed that all flags at the White House be flown at half staff,” per the statement.?

Ten people were killed Monday in Boulder, just days after eight were killed in a series of shootings in the Atlanta area.?

Biden is set to depart the White House at 1 p.m. ET.

Shooting victim, Rikki?Olds,?with her uncle, Bob?Olds.

Rikki?Olds has been identified by both police in Boulder, Colorado, and her family as one of the victims killed in Monday’s shooting at the King Soopers supermarket.

Bob?Olds?tells CNN that his 25-year-old niece, Rikki, lived in Lafayette, Colorado. She was a “strong, independent young woman” who was raised by her grandparents, said?Olds.

Rikki was a front-end manager at the King Soopers, according to her uncle.

Bob said he was trying to get details and finally found out she was gone at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning “after calls to the police department and every local hospital and the coroner’s office we finally received a call back from the coroner’s office.”?

“Unbelievable that we had to wait and agonize over her fate for several hours,” he said.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a hearing on gun violence in Washington, DC, on March 23.

Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz announced he is reintroducing legislation that would implement stronger background checks before purchasing a firearm.?

During Cruz’s opening remarks on Tuesday for the?“Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence” hearing, he said he has been trying to pass legislation since 2013 that would target “violent criminals,” felons, fugitives and “those with serious mental disease?to stop them from getting firearms to put them in prison, when they try to illegally buy guns.”?

?Cruz said the bill did not pass before because of a “shameful filibuster” that was led by Democrats. He said that?combatting gun violence should not take guns away from law abiding citizens.?

“Every year firearms are used in a defensive capacity to defend women, children, families, roughly a million times a year in the United States. And the Democrats who want to take away the guns from those potential victims would create more victims of crimes, not less,” Cruz said.?

Cruz says he will not apologize for offering “thoughts or prayers” after another act of gun violence happens in the country but agrees that action is needed.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold spoke of slain officer Eric Talley and his dedication to the department and to his family.

“This officer had seven children, ages five to 18 … I just had that officer’s whole family in my office a few weeks ago to give him an award,” Herold said.

She said Talley and family were in her office for an award ceremony for one of his children, who was honored for saving the life of one of his siblings by performing CPR.

Herold went on to remember the legacy of Talley.

“He’s a very?kind man.?He didn’t have to go into?policing.?He had a profession before this, but he felt a higher calling.?And he loved this community.?And he’s everything that?policing deserves and needs.?He cared about this community.?He cared about Boulder police?department.?He cared about his family.?And he was willing to die to?protect others,” she said.

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Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold says the suspect in Tuesday’s supermarket murders was shot in the leg. She said it’s unclear if he was shot by law enforcement officers.

Herold said investigators have spoken to the suspect but that they can’t say what his motive may have been at this point.

The suspect is currently being treated for his wound and is expected to be booked into jail later this afternoon.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold provided the names and ages of the 10 people who were killed in Monday’s shooting.

These are the victims:

“Our hearts go out to all the victims killed during this senseless act of violence,” Herold said. “We’re committed with state, local, and federal authorities for a thorough investigation and we’ll bring justice to each of?these families.”

Correction: An earlier version of this post misspelled victim Denny Stong’s last name based on information provided by the Boulder Police Department.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said the suspect in Monday’s grocery shooting has been “charged with 10 counts of?murder in the first degree and?will be shortly transported to?Boulder county jail.”

Police identified him as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa.?

Herold also gave details of how the incident unfolded:

She said the suspect was taken to hospital, were he was treated and is now in stable condition.

“I want to say to the?community, I’m so sorry this?incident happened.?And we’re going to do everything?in our power to make sure the?suspect has a thorough trial and?we do a thorough investigation,” Herold added.

FBI special agent?Michael?Schneider speaks during a press conference in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

FBI special agent?Michael?Schneider said it is still too early to know the suspected shooter’s motive.

Schneider noted that it’s been less than 24 hours since the shooting occurred, and said “it is premature for us to?draw any conclusions at this?point in time.”?

Boulder county District Attorney Michael Dougherty speak

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty called Monday’s shooing “a horrific attack” and vowed to bring justice for all 10 victims.

He confirmed that the suspect was currently being held in hospital, where he had been treated after the attack and would be transferred to Boulder County Jail later today.

He stressed that the investigation is in the very early stages but said that multiple agencies were working together to ensure justice would be done.

“Nothing can replace, nothing can?fill the void for the families?and their loved ones.?But I can promise you that we’ll?hold him accountable,” Dougherty added.

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty paid tribute to Officer Eric Talley who lost his life in Monday’s attack.

“Officer Eric Talley died?heroically.?He is one of the many?outstanding members of Boulder?county law enforcement and he?had been an officer here at the?Boulder police department and?the patrol car behind us is here?in his honor today,” Dougherty said.?

Talley was the first officer to respond to reports of an?armed man?inside a grocery store in Boulder on Monday — and it’s where the father of seven died after actions that were described as “heroic” by numerous officials.

Dougherty described Monday’s shooting as “tragic” and vowed to get justice for the 10 victims involved.

Watch Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty’s tribute to the victims:

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Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver speaks during a press conference in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

Boulder, Colorado, Mayor Sam Weaver honored the 10 victims of yesterday’s mass shooting, and thanked the sacrifice of slain police officer Eric Talley.

Weaver said the city feels “the losses in our bones.”

“But today we remember, we?appreciate and we honor the?lives of those who were killed.?One of those we remember is?Boulder Police Officer Eric?Talley, who was gunned down as he?valiantly protected those in mortal?danger,” Weaver said in today’s news conference.

Talley was the first officer to respond to reports of an?armed man?inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday — and it’s where the father of seven died.

Talley, 51, had been a member of the force since 2010, according to Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold.

Watch:

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks during a press conference in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called the deadly shooting at a Boulder shopping center a “senseless tragedy” for the community.

He added he’s “sure that we know people.”

“People of all ages.?And people that started their?day with a cup of coffee and?reading the morning paper or?perhaps getting their kids ready?and putting on a winter coat to?go out.?Maybe they’re making last minute spring?break plans, but?none of them expected this would?be the last day here on the?planet,” Polis said.

Polis directly offered his support for the victims families and those who were impacted by the tragic shooting. “Our hearts ache for those?who lost their lives. For their?families, for the survivors left?behind, for the survivors who?were able to get out who have?scars that can’t be seen but are?every bit as painful,” he said.

“This is a pain we need to sit with,” Polis said.

Watch speak react to the mass shooting in Colorado:

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Rep. Joe Neguse, Democrat from Colorado, speaks during a press conference in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23.

Rep. Joe Neguse, a Democrat from Colorado, said at today’s press conference, “this cannot be our new normal.”

He continued: “We should be able to feel safe?in our grocery stores.?We should be able to feel safe?in our schools, in our movie?theaters and in our communities.”?

Neguse said, “We need to see change because we?have lost far too many lives.”

Police in Boulder, Colorado, just named the 10 victims of the grocery store shooting yesterday. Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold read the names aloud, and CNN is working to check spellings.

Previously, police identified Officer Eric Talley as one of the 10 victims. They waited to release the names of the other nine as they worked to inform family members.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold speaks during a press conference in Boulder on March 23.

Law enforcement officials are holding a news conference now in Boulder, Colorado.

Ten people, including a Boulder police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman attacked a King Soopers grocery store in the city.?

Boulder police officer Eric Talley, 51, was killed at the scene yesterday, the police chief said.?Officials did not disclose the identity of any of the other victims, saying they needed to first notify family members.

A suspect is in custody, but authorities did not share his identity or any possible motive.?

A woman lights candles at a makeshift memorial during a vigil for victims of the Century 16 movie theatre where a gunmen attacked movie goers during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises"?on July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado.

Ten people were killed in a shooting at a Colorado grocery store yesterday, marking the seventh mass shooting in the US in seven days.

Multiple mass shooting events have taken place in the state in the previous decades. Here’s a look at some of them:

CNN defines a mass shooting as?a shooting incident which results in four or more casualties (dead or wounded) excluding the shooter(s).

Law enforcement and emergency personnel salute the motorcade carrying fallen Boulder Police officer Eric Talley as it exits the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado on March 22.

Officer Eric Talley was the first officer to respond to reports of an?armed man?inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday — and it’s where the father of seven died after actions that were described as “heroic” by officials.

The member of the Boulder Police Department was one of?10 people killed?when a gunman opened fire at the King Soopers store. Officials have not disclosed the names of the other victims.

Talley, 51, had been a member of the force since 2010, according to Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold.

He is the first officer from the Boulder police department to be killed in the line of duty since 1994 and the sixth on-duty death in the department’s history, according to the?National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

“Didn’t surprise me he was the first one there,” Talley’s father, Homer Talley, told?CNN affiliate KUSA.

He is survived by his wife and seven children, the oldest of whom is 20, according to his father. “He loved his family more than anything,” Homer Talley said.

He described his son was a prankster with a “great sense of humor,” the affiliate reported.

In 2013, Talley was among a small group of Boulder officers who made headlines after a duckling rescue from a drainage ditch. The officer had “waded into the calf-deep water to try to round up the ducks” and save them, the?Daily Camera newspaper?in Boulder had reported.

According to KUSA, Homer Talley said his son had recently been looking into becoming a drone operator because he believed it was safer.

The fallen officer “served in numerous roles supporting the Boulder Police Department and the community of Boulder,” the chief told reporters.

He was remembered as “one of the outstanding officers” by the county’s district attorney.

Multiple law enforcement agencies held a rolling vigil in Talley’s honor Monday night.

Local, state and federal partners are all working on the investigation into the shooting, along with prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office “to ensure that justice is done,” Dougherty told reporters.

Vice President Kamala Harris called the Boulder, Colorado, mass shooting an absolute tragedy.

Harris was?ceremonially swearing in William Burns to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Harris?did not respond to a question on whether gun legislation is more of a priority in the wake of the two recent shootings.?

Watch Kamala Harris respond to Colorado shooting:

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Correction: The post’s headline and text has been updated to reflect Harris’ correct comments. The print pool incorrectly transcribed her remarks.?

Law enforcement officials will hold a news conference this morning in Boulder, Colorado, at 8:30 a.m. MT (10:30 a.m. ET).

Ten people, including a?Boulder police officer, were killed Monday when a?gunman attacked a King Soopers grocery store?in Colorado. A suspect is in custody, but authorities did not share his identity or any possible motive.

Healthcare workers walk out of a King Sooper's Grocery store after a gunman opened fire on March 22 in Boulder, Colorado.

Ten people, including a?Boulder police officer, were killed Monday when a?gunman attacked a King Soopers grocery store?in Colorado. Law enforcement officials are expected to hold a news conference later this morning.

Police are just beginning what they say could be at least five days of investigation, and many questions about the mass shooting and the motivation behind the attack are still unclear.

Here is what we know and don’t know so far:

What we know: A suspect is in custody and ongoing details of how the shooting unfolded continue to emerge. According to Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold, the first 911 calls reporting shots fired came in around 2:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET) on Monday, and Officer Eric Talley was the first officer to arrive at the scene.

At 2:40 p.m, officers radioed that they were in a gunfight, according to audio from scanner traffic. Nine minutes later, Boulder police?tweeted?that there was an “Active Shooter at the King Soopers on Table Mesa. AVOID THE AREA.”

Scanner traffic shows police continued to report that they were being fired at with multiple rounds through at least 3:21 p.m.

“He’s armed with a rifle, our officers shot back and returned fire — we do not know where he is in the store,” one officer said.

Ambulances and multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the store, which is part of a large shopping center with a two-story strip mall next door. At one point, police were seen moving on the roof of the store. The reason for the movements was unclear, but one witness who spoke to CNN affiliate KCNC said his relatives in the store were evacuated through the roof.

Talley, 51, was killed at the scene, police chief Herold said. Talley, a father of seven, had joined the Boulder police force in 2010, she said.

What we don’t know: Officials did not disclose the identity of any of the other victims, saying they needed to first notify family members.

Authorities also did not share the identity of the suspect or any information on the type of weapon used or any possible motive. One senior law enforcement source told CNN the weapon used in the shooting was an AR-15-style rifle.

As events unfolded, KMGH’s helicopter recorded a shirtless man being taken from the supermarket. The man had what appeared to be blood on his arm and right leg and his hands appeared to be cuffed behind him as two officers escorted him away. The man was taken away in an ambulance.

It was unclear whether the man was involved in the shooting inside the store.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on March 19 in Washington, DC.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement following the shooting in Boulder that left 10 people dead less than a week after the spa killings in the Atlanta area.

Pelosi pointed to the two bills the House passed last month — H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act — as an example of Democrats trying to pass legislation affecting the issue.

Those two bills have not gone anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate since passing the House.?

Rep. Cedric Richmond speaks in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 13, 2019, in Washington, DC.

White House senior adviser and director of the Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond reacted to the Boulder shooting this morning and expressed condolences before calling for “action, not just words and prayers.”

He continued, “This President has a track record of fighting against the NRA and beating them, and we need to make sure that we have sensible gun regulations in this country to ensure safety. And so we need action, not just words and prayers.”

?The White House said last night that President Biden had been briefed on the shooting.

Police respond after a gunman opened fire at a King Sooper's grocery store on March 22 in Boulder, Colorado.

Colorado?Gov. Jared Polis issued a statement Monday night after ten people were shot and killed at a Boulder supermarket earlier in the day.?

Polis lauded Eric Talley, the Boulder police officer killed while responding to the attack, as well as the nine other victims who lost their lives in the shooting.

“Today we saw the face of evil. I am grieving with my community and all Coloradans,” the governor added.

Police stand outside a King Soopers grocery store where a shooting took place on March 22 in Boulder, Colorado.

Ten people, including a?police officer, were killed Monday after a?gunman opened fire in a grocery store?in Boulder, Colorado, shattering the calm for another US community.

A suspect is in custody, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said, but authorities did not share any information on his identity, the type of weapon used or any possible motive.

“We will work around the clock to get this accomplished,” she said, adding that such a complex investigation will take at least five days to complete.

The Boulder police tweeted about 2:49 p.m. local time — which is 4:49 p.m. ET — that there was an “Active Shooter at the King Soopers on Table Mesa. AVOID THE AREA.”

In scanner traffic, officers radioed that they were in a gunfight. They continued to report that they were being fired at with multiple rounds through at least 3:21 p.m. local time.

Ambulances and multiple law enforcement agencies arrived at the store, which is part of a large shopping center with a two-story strip mall next door.

“He’s armed with a rifle, our officers shot back and returned fire — we do not know where he is in the store,” an officer said, according to a transcript of the audio.

Officer Eric Talley was among the first to respond to the grocery store.

CNN affiliate KMGH’s?helicopter recorded police leading several people away from the store.

At one point, police were also seen moving on the roof. The reason for the roof movements was unclear, but one witness who spoke to CNN affiliate KCNC said his relatives in the store were evacuated through the roof.

As events unfolded, KMGH’s helicopter recorded a shirtless man being taken from the supermarket. The man had what appeared to be blood on his arm and right leg and his hands appeared to be cuffed behind him as two officers escorted him away. The man was taken away in an ambulance.

It was unclear whether the man was involved in the reported active shooting inside the store.