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In a branch of the supermarket chain King Sooper, an unknown person opened fire just before 3 p.m. local time. Officers who arrived on the scene were also shot. No statements are made about the number of injuries.
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A journalist’s YouTube stream showed armed agents and soldiers taking positions in and around the parking lot at the property. After some time an injured man with a bare torso and a bloodied leg came out accompanied by officers, he was arrested. A name and photo of the suspect is circulating on social media, but the authorities do not want to confirm that information.
Officer Eric Talley was killed in the Boulder supermarket shooting. According to his father, he would have recently started looking for ‘a less dangerous job’. He wanted to train as a drone driver. Talley had seven children, the youngest is a 7-year-old son.
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According to police, the shooter was operating alone and is currently the only suspect in the shooting. The shooter’s motive is still unclear. Shots were allegedly fired with an AK-15, a semi-automatic firearm. The police have not confirmed this.
Week after Georgia massacre
The shooting comes less than a week after a massacre in Atlanta, Georgia, where a 21-year-old gunman shot and killed eight Asian Americans in various spas and massage parlors. Little is known about his motive.
Another video from Boulder shows victims lying on the floor inside and outside the store. Shots are also heard. You will find the shocking images at the bottom of this article.
An unknown, bare-chested white man is taken away, handcuffed.
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Two eyewitnesses speak of a cold-blooded attack. They saw the shooter come in. “He said nothing at all. He just came in and started shooting, ”one told Denver Post. The other added: “He fired a few shots, then paused and then fired a few more times. It was not a hail of bullets. ” The two men escaped through the back entrance of the store. In this way, many more people escaped from the store.
Customers who were able to escape told about the chaos in the supermarket. Sarah Moonshadow, 42, said she was standing at the box office when the shooting began. She then saw a victim lying on the floor outside the store, but was dragged away by her son. “I couldn’t help anyone,” she cried.
Survivor Ryan Borowski told CNN he heard at least eight shots. “I almost got killed for trying to get a soda and a bag of chips.”
Until hours after the shooting started, the mall where the supermarket is located was still crawling with police officers. Armed officers were seen on the roof of the building. Apparently people were still not sure whether the shooter or shooters were still in the supermarket. That certainty was there around 6 p.m. local time.
Governor Jared Polis has responded with disgust via Twitter.
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