BOULDER, KOMPAS.com – Security forces flocked to the scene of the crime mass shooting in the city of Boulder, the state of Colorado, United States (US), Monday (22/3/2021).
As many as 10 people died as a result the Colorado shooting at the grocery store, and Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver on Twitter calling the incident a tragedy.
Armored vehicles, at least six ambulances, and dozens of personnel including agents FBI and one team SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) were deployed to the scene.
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“Our SWAT team is on its way to help,” tweeted the sheriff’s department in Jefferson County near Boulder.
A number of policemen were reportedly shot when they came to the scene the Colorado mass shooting, in response to reports of someone being shot in the King Sooper’s parking area, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Eyewitnesses inside the store said they heard several gunshots and fled through the back door.
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“I almost died buying soda and a bag of chips,” Ryan Borowski told CNN. He heard at least eight shots and immediately ran for safety.
Unverified photos at the start of the incident show at least three injured people lying below, both inside and outside the shop.
Shoppers who made it out were safely wrapped in blankets and talked to emergency workers.
The city of Boulder is located about 50 kilometers northwest of Denver, the capital of the state of Colorado, in the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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