10 people are killed in a “tragedy” in a Colorado supermarket

Boulder, Colorado – Ten people were killed on Monday, including a police officer, when a gunman opened fire on a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, the second mass shooting in the United States in a week. Michael Dougherty, Boulder District Attorney, told a late-night news conference. He described today’s events as a “tragedy and a nightmare.” The police officer who died has been identified as Eric Tally, 51, an 11-year-old veteran of the Boulder Force. Tali was responding to the King Soopers grocery market when he was shot dead. His police chief, Maryse Herold, appeared to be choking on tears when she spoke to the media Monday night and confirmed the death toll. ” [of] The heroic deed of this officer when he responded at the scene, “said Herold, explaining that the Boulder Police Department had received a call about the shooting in the early afternoon.” The following officer responded to the scene – he was the first to arrive at the scene – and said, “My heart breaks for the victims of this accident and I am grateful to the police officers who responded.” “I am very sorry for the loss of the next officer,” said Boulder Police Chief Kerry Yamaguchi. Boulder Police Chief, Yamaguchi, said, “There is no ongoing public threat, and we have a VIP in custody. For the Colorado area, the FBI and other federal agents will assist in the case. He promised that “full weight of federal law enforcement” would be brought into the investigation, and the shooting comes six days after eight people – six of them of Asian descent – were killed by a gunman in Three spa resorts in Atlanta and a neighboring county. Son of Roberto and Elsie Rivero, who studies at Fairview High School near King Soopers, feels gunfire is the norm, and he hopes that sentiment will change. “I hope this tragedy … helps in changing laws,” And gun laws in particular, and we said, “Everyone can work together to make the world better and more peaceful for our children,” and then added, “This is a sad day for Boulder.” The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed of Monday’s attack and would keep up to date on developments. The Denver FBI wrote on Twitter that it was assisting with the investigation at the request of Boulder Police. Officers armed with tactical equipment and rifles responded Monday afternoon to reports of active gunfire at the King Soopers supermarket in the southern part of Boulder, about 25. miles north. West Denver. At 2.49 p.m. local time, the Boulder Police Department tweeted an alert for people to move away from the area around the supermarket. On one occasion, the authorities’ voice was heard through a loudspeaker telling someone that the building was surrounded and “you have to surrender” and come out with a raised hand and unarmed. A naked man, with blood running from his leg, was escorted out of the store, in handcuffs. It showed a live TV broadcast. An ambulance set off from the store, apparently carrying the man. It was not clear if this man was the suspect, but Yamaguchi said no one else besides him was injured and who died. He runs the hospital. Sheehan said he could not provide additional details, but said, “We have been informed that we will not receive any additional patients.” At 4:18 PM, the police repeated the warning to avoid the area – “This is still a very active scene” – and asked locals to stay inside and not “broadcast any tactical information you might see on social media.” The request for shelter was lifted at the location around 6:40 PM Mountain Time. King Soopers is the Denver-based subsidiary of supermarket giant Kroger. It operates more than 150 stores in Colorado and Wyoming. The Kruger headquarters are in Cincinnati, and in the wake of mass shootings elsewhere, Kruger asked shoppers in 2019 to leave their firearms at home. The change in policy came a day after rival grocery rival Walmart made a similar change. The previous policy was to comply with state or local firearms regulations. Dean Shiller, who had just left the Boulder store, told The Associated Press that he heard gunshots and saw three people lying face down, two in the parking lot and one near an entrance. He said he “couldn’t tell if they were breathing.” James Bentz, 57, told the Denver Post that he was in the meat section of the supermarket when gunfire rang out. After hearing what he thought was wrong, he heard several noises, and “I was in front of the stampede.” A television helicopter video showed law enforcement vehicles and officers gathering outside, including SWAT teams, and at least three helicopters in the roof of the shop, policemen pulling their rifles outside, and some windows smashed in the front of the shop. Television footage showed officers helping two people reach safety, and Colorado Governor Jared Police said he was monitoring the situation. “My prayers with our colleagues in Colorado are at this time of grief and sorrow as we learn more about the scale of the tragedy,” he wrote on Twitter. Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver expressed regret, saying, “Our community will soon mourn our losses.” The Greater Denver metro area has been besieged by some of the nation’s most notorious mass shootings, including the attack on Columbine High School in 1999 that left 12 students and teachers behind before the killers committed suicide. The Columbine Massacre, which occurred about 41 miles south of Boulder, at the time was the deadliest school shooting in US history. In July 2012, James Egan Holmes killed 12 at the midnight show of the movie The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, about 35 miles southeast of Boulder. Holmes, who later received 12 life sentences for the murders, was also wounded 70 in the attack, as he locked doors in the movie theater before moving on to donning tactical gear to terrorize 400 people with a 12-gauge shotgun and two. Other weapons. Another shooting, in Colorado Springs at a family planning clinic, left three dead and nine wounded in November 2015. Ultimately, the murderer, described as delusional, was found ineligible for trial and a judge ordered him to be incarcerated indefinitely in a mental hospital and in May 2019, A student was killed and eight others injured in an ambush attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a private school located in Douglas County, about 68 miles south of Boulder. One suspect has pleaded guilty to the case and is awaiting the final trial in May 2021. Contributors: Mike James and Elinor Aspgren, USA Today; Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Inquirer; Associated Press