Boulder shooting: Biden calls for immediate gun control action as details on suspected shooter emerge
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Your support makes all the difference.The Boulder Police Department has revealed the names of the 10 people killed during a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, with local police officer Eric Talley, 51, among the victims.
The youngest victim was 20 years old and the oldest victim was 65 years old. Their families were notified shortly after 3am local time on Tuesday morning after all victims were identified by police.
Police also revealed the identity of the 21-year-old suspect. He was currently in the hospital seeking medical treatment but in stable condition, police said. He is expected to be released from the hospital and transported to Boulder County Jail later on Tuesday.
The suspect was charged with 10 counts of murder following the attack that started at 3pm local time on Monday. Eyewitnesses described a male gunman in tactical gear opening fire in silence on terrified shoppers.
“We had a very tragic incident today,” Chief Yamaguchi said on Monday. “There was loss of life, we have multiple people who were killed in this incident, and I am sorry to have to report that one of them was a Boulder police officer.”
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The attack stunned a state that has seen several mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.
Colorado governor says ‘today we saw the face of evil’
Colorado governor Jared Polis said in a statement about the Boulder shooting that “today we saw the face of evil.”
He said that “this year we have been surrounded by loss of life, illness and isolation, and the deep grief that has accompanied the loss of life as we know it.”
Mr Polis said he is grieving with his community and all Coloradans.
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‘Nearly got killed for getting soda and chips’
Ryan Borowski, who was inside the King Soopers store on Monday, told CNN that he nearly got killed for getting a soda and a bag of chips.
He said he and the people around him started running after hearing the third loud sound.
“We told employees what was going on so everybody helped each other and we just ran to safety as quickly as we could,” Mr Borowski told CNN.
He said that “Boulder feels like a bubble and the bubble burst and that’s heartbreaking. To think that people died today.”
Ten people were killed in the mass shooting on Monday, including a police officer.
Majority leader says Senate must move forward to stop ‘epidemic of gun violence’
Reacting to the Colorado shooting, majority leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate “must and will move forward on legislation to help stop the epidemic of gun violence.”
He also said that the situation in Boulder is being closely monitored.
Boulder shooting seventh mass killing this year in the US
The shooting at the King Soopers store in Colorado is the seventh mass killing this year in the US.
The data has been compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
Last week, eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas. Seven of the eight killed were women and six people were of Asian descent.
‘It doesn’t feel like anywhere is safe’: Witness breaks down on CNN reliving Boulder shooting
Eyewitness said terrified customers were holding on to each other as they fled
Lauren Boebert’s campaign email says ‘hell no’ to gun control hours after shooting
Representative Lauren Boebert’s campaign reportedly sent out an email on Monday afternoon to her supporters, urging them to say “Hell No” to “taking our guns.”
The email came two hours after news emerged of a mass shooting at a Colorado store that left 10 people dead.
Journalist David Gura tweeted screenshots of the email. “I told Beto ‘HELL NO’ to taking our guns. Now we need to tell Joe Biden,” the email subject read.
Ms Boebert was earlier criticised for tweeting about President Biden as police rushed to respond to the shooting.
She later tweeted about the mass shooting, saying that “random public shootings and senseless acts of violence are never ok.”
Slain police officer was looking for a new job, says father
Police officer Eric Talley, who is among 10 dead in the shooting at the Boulder store, had been looking for a new job to protect his family, his father Homer said.
“He was looking for a job to keep himself off of the front lines and was learning to be a drone operator. He didn’t want to put his family through something like this,” he said, according to Reuters.
Officer Talley was the first to respond to the scene of the shooting on Monday afternoon.
Citizen journalist under fire for livestreaming Boulder mass shooting
A man who livestreamed the shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado is receiving both criticism and praise for his actions, with some saying he exhibited bravery while others argued he walked past victims and posed a security risk.
Dean Schiller, who identified himself as a citizen journalist, was at the spot when the shooting began at King Soopers on Monday, and he began filming the incident on his cellphone and streaming it to his YouTube channel ZFG Videography. His feed drew over 30,000 viewers during the livestream.
Stuti Mishra has more.
Citizen journalist under fire for livestreaming Boulder mass shooting
In the video, one person can be seen lying on the floor inside the store and two more outside on the ground
Joe Biden ‘has been briefed and will be kept up to date’, says White House
This tweet from press secretary Jen Psaki is all we’ve heard from the president so far but a full response is expected later today.
Last Friday, Biden and vice president Kamala Harris travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, to pay their respects to the community there in person after a gunman launched deadly attack on three massage parlours, prompting a debate about violence and discrimination against Asian Americas.
'It seemed like all of us had imagined we’d be in a situation like this at some point in our lives’
Denver Post reporter Elizabeth Hernandez was on the scene in Boulder yesterday and spoke to several eyewitnesses who say they were in the store when the attack took place.
She also documented the huge police presence on the ground and people standing on nearby rooftops to survey the scene
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