They observed a moment of silence violins soothed the crowd a woman sang “Ave Maria” as candle flames flickered in the crisp air. More than 500 people bundled in winter jackets and wool hats attended a downtown candlelight vigil on Wednesday night to mourn the victims and comfort one another. Alissa told an officer the classmate had called him a “terrorist” and racist names.Īlissa was sentenced to probation and community service. The classmate said the attack was unprovoked, an account supported by interviews with several witnesses, according to an Arvada Police Department incident report at the time.
In late 2017, Alissa pleaded guilty to third-degree assault for punching a classmate.
The suspect’s sister-in-law told police on Monday evening that he had been “playing with” a firearm she described as resembling a “machinegun” two days earlier, upsetting family members, according to the arrest affidavit filed by the police in the case. People laying flowers on the police car of officer Eric Talley who died on Monday responding to a shooting call Alissa’s 34-year-old brother described him as antisocial and paranoid in an interview with the Daily Beast. Police have not yet publicly identified a motive for the killings. When apprehended, Alissa did not answer questions but asked to speak with his mother, according to the affidavit. Authorities have not disclosed where the gun was bought. He emigrated to the US when he was three, and later became a US citizen.Īccording to the affidavit, he bought a Ruger AR-556 pistol – which resembles an AR-15 rifle with a slightly shorter stock – on March 16, six days before the attack. He was hospitalised before being taken to jail on Tuesday.Ī rifle, a green tactical vest and a handgun were recovered from the grocery store, according to an arrest affidavit.Īlissa was born in Syria in 1999. Colorado officials described the wound as a shot that went through his leg. He had removed all clothing except his shorts before being taken into custody. He was last seen handcuffed and being led out of the supermarket by police on Monday. According to the arrest affidavit, Ahmad Alissa bought a Ruger AR-556 pistol – which resembles an AR-15 rifle with a slightly shorter stock six days before the attack The 21-year-old was arrested from the supermarket. He did not speak anything, except “yes” in reply to a question from the judge, and did not enter a plea to the charges.Īlissa faces 10 counts of murder and an attempted murder stemming from the shooting rampage on Monday at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. His lawyer, Katherine Herold, asked for a mental health assessment “to address his mental illness”, without offering details on what that illness is.ĭuring the brief hearing, Alissa appeared in court wearing a mask. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, charged with gunning down 10 people at a supermarket in the US state of Colorado college town, has been ordered by a court to be held without bail.Īlissa made his first court appearance on Thursday since the killings.
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