Boulder shooting: Biden calls for immediate gun control action as details on suspected shooter emerge

Biden commands Congress to act on gun control following Boulder mass shooting

Joe Biden has urged Congress to act with haste to pass tighter restrictions on gun ownership – including banning assault weapons and requiring more stringent background checks – in the wake of a pair of mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, within the last week.

The Independent’s Griffin Connolly has more details on Mr Biden’s speech here.

Suspected gunman bought the rifle used in shooting 6 days earlier, authorities say

Authorities have revealed that the suspected gunman in the Boulder, Colorado, shooting purchased the rifle that was used during the mass shooting six days earlier, according to the Associated Press.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, was charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree following the events that occurred on Monday at a King Soopers grocery store.

He was in the hospital currently due to a “through and through” leg wound, but police said he would likely be transported to Boulder County Jail later on Tuesday.

The Denver Post reported last week that a local judge blocked Boulder from enforcing its two-year-old ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in the city.

The investigation into the mass shooting is ongoing. But police said during a Tuesday press conference that the suspected shooter’s motive was not yet known.

Biden calls for gun control action following Boulder mass shooting

Everything we know about 10 victims killed in Colorado attack

Police have identified the 10 victims of the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado.

Among them was an 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department, Eric Talley, 51, and multiple staff of the grocery store, including the youngest victim, Denny Strong, 20.

Kevin Mahoney, 61, walked his daughter down the aisle at her wedding last summer and was expecting the birth of a new granddaughter.

As details continue to emerge of the 10 lives lost and the loved ones they left behind, this is what we know so far.

The Independent’s Justin Vallejo has the report here.

Michelle Obama slams lawmakers who ‘won’t take a stand to save lives’ following Boulder shooting

Former First Lady has slammed leaders and lawmakers who refuse to pass gun reform laws following mass shootings taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, and Boulder, Colorado, within one week of each other.

“I’m heartbroken by these recent tragedies of gun violence, and I just keep thinking about all the leaders who won’t take a stand to save lives and yet line up to pass bills that make it harder for us to vote,” she wrote in a tweet.

Calls have increased for the federal government to pass gun reform legislation following the shootings.

On Monday, 10 people were killed in a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder.

GoFundMe page created for the victims’ families following shooting

A GoFundMe page that’s been verified by the website was created in an effort to raise money for the families of the 10 victims who were killed in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday.

All of the funds made through the page will be given to the victims’ family through the Colorado Healing Fund, a Colorado nonprofit created to help people dealing with mass casualty events.

Boulder police correct misspelling of one victim’s name

The Boulder Police Department has informed the public that they inadvertently misspelled the name of one of the victim’s in the mass shooting on Monday.

Denny Stong, 20, not Strong, was killed at a King Soopers grocery store along with nine other victims.

Arrest affidavit describes incident where suspected shooter played with ‘machine gun’ two days ago

The arrest affidavit of the suspected shooter in the Boulder mass shooting has provided more details about the events that occurred before, during, and after the incident on Monday.

Detectives spoke with the wife of one of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa’s brothers, who lived in the same home as the suspected gunman.

She described an incident two days before the shooting where Alissa was playing with a “machine gun” in the home.

“She was also hesitant to mention it but stated that Alissa was seen playing with a gun she thought looked like a ‘machine gun’ about 2 days ago,” the affidavit detailed. “She did not believe the gun looked like the rifles she has seen in old Western movies, and that she thought it looked like a ‘machine gun.’”

Alissa was described as a “white male, 5’06” tall, 200 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, with [a] Colorado Driver’s License.”

He had a local address in Arvada, Colorado – a city just south of Boulder.

Police charged the suspected gunman with 10 counts of murder in the first degree.

Read the affidavit in full here.

Colorado shooter bought AR-15 just six days before Boulder shooting as attack reignites calls for gun control

Police have revealed the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a mass shooting on Monday in a Boulder, Colorado supermarket bought an assault rifle six days prior, as authorities race to find out more and president Biden pushes for stricter gun control in the wake of the killings.

According to an affidavit released on Tuesday, suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa used an AR-15 rifle in the shooting, a semiautomatic, military-style weapon common in mass shootings.

The court document did not describe where the gun itself was purchased, according to the AP, which first reported it.

Mr Alissa's family told investigators they believed he was mentally ill, and sometimes had delusions that people were following or chasing him.

The Independent’s Josh Marcus has the full report.

Suspected gunman, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was bullied, anti-social and paranoid, brother says

The brother of a Colorado man who shot and killed 10 people at a Boulder grocery store on Monday described his sibling as deeply disturbed.

Police identified the grocery store gunman as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who was shot through the leg and taken into custody after officers arrived at the scene of the shooting.

Mr Alissa's brother spoke with The Daily Beast, calling him "very anti-social" and paranoid.

"When he was having lunch with my sister in a restaurant, he said, 'People are in the parking lot, they are looking for me,'" the brother, Ali Aliwi Alissa, 34, said. "She went out, and there was no one. We didn't know what was going on in his head."

The Independent’s Graig Graziosi has more details on the suspected gunman.