.
. THE
. THE 10
. THE 10 NAMES RANGING IN AGE FROM TWENTY TO SIXTY FIVE DANNY
STRONG NEVAN STANISIC QUICKIE
OLD TRALONA BARTKOWIAK SUSANN
FOUNTAIN TERRY LEIKER OFFICER
ERIC TALLEY KEVIN MAHONEY LIN
MURAY AND JODY WATERS.
THOSE ARE THE TEN PEOPLE WHO
WERE KILLED YESTERDAY IN
THE SHOOTING AT THE KING
SUPRISE IN BOULDER.
THEIR LIVES LOST DOZENS MORE
FOREVER CHANGED BY A SENSELESS
TRAGEDY.
IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER TWENTY
FOUR HOURS SINCE THAT SHOOTING
AT THE KING SOOPERS ON TABLE
MESA AND THE BOULDER COMMUNITY
IS STILL REELING REALLY LIKE
OUR STATE AND LIKELY EVERYONE
WILL BE FOR SOME TIME.
SEVERAL NINE NEWWS REPORTER
SPENT THE DAY LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE VICTIMS LOST IN
THE TRAGEDY.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHARED
MEMORIES ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
NELSON GARCIA WHO IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE BOULDER POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND NELSON, POLICE RELEASED A
LOT MORE ABOUT THEIR
INVESTIGATION TODAY.
KIM, THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT
WILL INVOLVE LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS THIS IS AN
INVESTIGATION THAT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY PROMISES TO BE
THOROUGH AND TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS, THE TEN VICTIMS
AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED
THE SHOOTING.
FOUR PEOPLE SHOPPING AT THIS
KING SOOPERS A.M. ERENT TURNED
INTO A NIGHTMARE RIGHT OVER
THERE IN THE AREA.
ANGELA ROMERO CHAVEZ WAS GOING
TO GET LAUNDRY SOAP WITH HER
BOYFRIEND AMOS PLENTY WOLF.
AND THEN WE HEARD PEOPLE SAYING
IT'S A SHOOTER, THE SHOOTER RUN
EVERYBODY RUN.
ALSO INSIDE.
THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO HEAR
SOME GUNSHOTS AND AND THEN SOME
STARBUCKS WORKERS ASKED TO COME
WITH ME TO THE SUPPLY CLOSET
POLICE.
THE SHOOTER IS TWENTY 21 YEAR
OLD AHMAD ALISSA FROM ARVADA.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE KILLED A
MAN IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE
GOING IN AND FIRING AT PEOPLE
INSIDE JUST TRYING TO GET DOWN
AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
STAY QUIET.
TEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED RANGING
IN AGE FROM 20 TO 65 INCLUDING
BOULDER POLICE OFFICER ERIC
TALLEY WHO IS DESCRIBED BY
CHIEF THOMAS HEROLD AS A HERO
WHO CARED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
.
HE CARED ABOUT BOULDER POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
HE CARED ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND
HE WAS WILLING TO DIE TO
PROTECT OTHERS.
ANGELA ANIMALS WAITED INSIDE A
STORAGE AREA SUPRISE FOR TWO
HOURS WITH WORKERS AND OTHER
CUSTOMERS WE OF FELT MORE
SECURE THAT THERE'S OTHER
PEOPLE WITH US THAT WERE MINE
RESCUERS AND HOPEFULLY NONE
OF US DIE.
MELISSA WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND
TAKEN OUT BY POLICE BEFORE
THE COUPLE WAS RESCUED.
I'M DOING BETTER.
I'M A LITTLE SCARED LIKE I'M
LIKE PARANOID KIND OF .
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'LL BE
GOING THROUGH THE CRIME SCENE
FOR DAYS TO GATHER EVIDENCE
WHILE A COMMUNITY TRIES TO
GATHER STRENGTH.
AND SO IT IS PERSONAL.
THIS IS MY COMMUNITY.
I LIVE HERE AND HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAPPEN SO CLOSE TO
WHERE YOU LIVE AND AND TO KNOW
THE FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE SUSPECT IS NOW IN
THE BOULDER COUNTY JAIL AFTER
BEING TREATED FOR A GUNSHOT
WOUND TO HIS THIGH.
HE NOW FACES TEN COUNTS
OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER KIM TOM
CHIEF HAROLD DOES NOT BELIEVE
THAT ANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE
C.U. STUDENTS.
YOU HAVE THOSE TEN VICTIMS
VARYING IN AGES FROM TWENTY TO
SIXTY FIVE NOW AND THEN YOU CAN
IMAGINE JUST HOW MANY MORE
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY
THOSE TEN LIVES LOST.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE THING THAT WAS
MENTIONED IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SCARS THAT
YOU DON'T SEE THE FOLKS WHO
WERE INSIDE THE KING SUPRISE
WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED.
THANK YOU, NELSON.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
COMING UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK, OUR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JEREMY
MAHOLA HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO
THE SUSPECT WHO HE IS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT LATER
IN THE NEWSCAST.
FIRST THOUGH, WE DO WANT TO
FOCUS ON THE VICTIMS.
THERE IS A GROWING MEMORIAL
OUTSIDE OF THE KING SUPRISE IN
BOULDER WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED.
KADA EASTMANS IS JOINING
US FROM OUTSIDE THAT STORE.
AND KATIE, YOU MET FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES OF SOME OF THE
VICTIMS TODAY.
YEAH, WE DID COME AND PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY HERE ALL
DAY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS
TOGETHER WHETHER THEY KNEW
THE VICTIMS OR NOT.
THEY ALL SHARE THAT SENSE
OF LOSS.
WHAT'S LOST IN A LIST OF 10
CAN'T BE PUT ON ONE PIECE
OF PAPER.
TEN PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES.
IT HIT ME LIKE AN ABSOLUTE
FREIGHT TRAIN.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
THERE'S A LOSS OF FEELING SAFE.
I FELT SAFE PRECENSE I DON'T
KNOW WHERE YOU REALLY CAN FEEL
SAFE ANYMORE IF YOU CAN'T GO TO
THE GROCERY STORE WHERE CAN YOU
GO?
WE HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL PEOPLE
HERE.
JEFF HOCKER LOST HIS COWORKER
RIKKI ALZ.
HE CALLED HER DYNAMITE.
SHE WAS A MANAGER A GOOD ONE TO
ALAN WOOLITE LOST HIS FRIEND
TERRY LEIKER DID SPECIAL
OLYMPICS TOGETHER AND HE USED
TO WORK WITH HER AT THIS KING
SOOPERS.
SO IN SHOCK HER SMILE MADE
EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD SO EVERY
DAY HE WOULD WORK ON BEAUTY AND
NWSBOULDER USUALLY BRING SOLACE
BUT EVEN THAT IS A REMINDER
OF WHAT IS GONE.
YOU KNOW I TOOK A LONG WALK
TODAY AND GOT TO SEE THE SUN ON
THE FLAT IRONS AND I THOUGHT
WOW, TEN PEOPLE DIDN'T GET TO
SEE THE SUN ON THE FLATIRONS
THIS MORNING.
THAT SENSE OF LOSS COMPELLED
PEOPLE TO BRING THE BEAUTY HERE
TO A PLACE WHERE LOST PEOPLE
FIND EACH OTHER.
IT'S SHOCKING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO WRAP
MY HEAD AROUND IT BESIDES
COMING BACK TO SEE THE DAMAGE
DONE AND PAY MY RESPECTS TO
THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.
AND WHILE WE WERE HERE TODAY WE
MET SEVERAL OF RICKI'S
COWORKERS.
MY COLLEAGUE LISA IRIZARRY SAT
DOWN WITH HER FAMILY TODAY AND
JALISA THEY WANTED TO TELL HER
STORY.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, KATIE.
WE SPOKE TO RICKY'S UNCLE BOB
WHO OF COURSE IS HEARTBROKEN
OVER THIS RSITUATION HE SAID
RICKY WAS JUST TWENTY FIVE
YEARS OLD AND WAS A FRONT END
MANAGER HERE OUTCUE SUPRISE HE
ACTUALLY SAID SHE WORKED THERE
OR WORKED FOR KROGER FOR ABOUT
SIX YEARS NOW.
HE SAID THEY KNEW SHE WAS
WORKING ON MONDAY BUT DIDN'T
KNOW SHE WAS KILLED UNTIL ABOUT
3:00 THIS MORNING WHEN THEY GOT
A CALL FROM THE CORONER'S
OFFICE.
HE SAYS RICKY WAS A FUN FREE
THINKING INDEPENDENT YOUNG
WOMAN WHO LOVED HER FAMILY BUT
ALSO AS SHE WAS MOSTLY RAISED
BY HER GRANDPARENTS, AUNT AND
UNCLE AND SHARED MEMORIES WITH
ALL OF THEM, HE ADDS THAT'S
THE HARDEST PART ABOUT ALL
OF THIS THE FACT THAT SHE WON'T
BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY MORE SHE
DIDN'T GET TO EXPERIENCE
MOTHERHOOD AND MARRIAGE ANY
OF THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN IT WAS TAKEN FROM HER
AND I KEEP GOING BACK TO WHY
NOW BOB MAY NOT HAVE THAT
ANSWER BUT HE IS FINDING PEACE
AND KNOWING THAT RICKY IS
REUNITED WITH HER GRANDFATHER
RICHARD KIM.
OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO LISA
AND SO MANY PEOPLE DO MAKE
THEIR CAREER WORKING A CASE
SUPRISE AND HARD WORKERS.
SO RIKKI, ONE OF THEM WE KNOW
IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A
SHOOTING LIKE THIS EVERYONE IS
WONDERING WHY.
BUT THIS MORNING IN A NEWS
CONFERENCE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MICHAEL DAUTERIVE AND GOV.
JARED POLIS HAD A REQUEST FOR
EVERYONE TO PUT THEIR ATTENTION
ELSEWHERE.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO JOIN ME AS A
COMMUNITY, AS A COUNTRY IN
HONORING AND RESPECTING ALL TEN
OF THE VICTIMS.
THE KILLER HIS NAME THAT WILL
LIVE IN INFAMY.
BUT TODAY LET US REMEMBER
THE VICTIMS PEOPLE WHO STARTED
THEIR DAY WITH A CUP OF COFFEE
AND READING THE MORNING PAPER
PERHAPS GETTING THEIR KIDS
READY AND PUTTING ON A WINTER
COAT TO GO OUT.
MAYBE THEY WERE MAKING LAST
MINUTE SPRING BREAK PLANS BUT
NONE OF THEM EXPECTED THAT THIS
WOULD BE THEIR LAST DAY HERE.
GOV. POLUS ALSO TOOK A MOMENT
TO MOURN WITH THE BOULDER
COMMUNITY WHICH HE CALLS HOME
THIS AFTERNOON HE ORDERED FLAGS
TO BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF ON
ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACROSS
THE STATE.
THEY WILL REMAIN WORD FOR
THE NEXT TEN DAYS TO HONOR
THE TEN LIVES LOST IN
THE SHOOTING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO ORDERED
FLAGS AT HALF STAFF AT ALL
PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND YOU CAN SEE
THE WHITE HOUSE FLAG BEING
LOWERED THIS MORNING.
OF COURSE THE FLAGS HAD BEEN
FLYING AT HALF STAFF SINCE
THE SHOOTINGS THAT KILLED EIGHT
PEOPLE IN ATLANTA ON MARCH
16TH.
THAT ORDER HAD ONLY EXPIRED AT
SUNSET YESTERDAY.
TODAY THE PRESIDENT WAS
OFFERING HIS CONDOLENCES TO
THE FAMILIES OF THE TEN PEOPLE
WHO WERE KILLED YESTERDAY
NWSBOULDER AND URGE THE US
SENATE TO TAKE ACTION PASSING
LEGISLATION TO REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER
MINUTE, LET ALONE AN HOUR TO
TAKE COMMONSENSE STEPS TO SAVE
THE LIVES IN THE FUTURE AND TO
URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE
AND SENATE TO ACT WE CAN BAN
ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH
CAPACITY MAGAZINES IN THIS
COUNTRY ONCE AGAIN THE SENATE
SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PASS.
LET ME SAY AGAIN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE I HOPE SOME ARE
LISTENING SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
PASS THE TWO HOUSE PASSED BILLS
TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN
THE BACKGROUND
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. WE HAVE TO ACT. WE SHOULD ALSO BAN ASSAULT
WEAPONS IN THE PROCESS.
THOSE BILLS FACE A TOUGH ROAD
IN THE SENATE AS THINGS STAND
THE WAY THE SENATE WORKS.
TEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE TO
BE JOINING ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS
TO PASS GUN REFORM.
PRESIDENT BIDEN INSISTING TODAY
THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A
PARTIZAN ISSUE.
IT JUST KEEPS COMING AT US .
WE ARE NUMB TO THE NUMBERS THAT
HAS GOT TO STOP A SENATE
HEARING ON GUN VIOLENCE WITH A
HEAVY MEANING TODAY LAWMAKERS
CONTINUING TO REACT TO
YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING, MORE MASS
VACCINATION SITES AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF FEWER
RESTRICTIONS ON COLORADO'S
COVID-19 RESPONSE COMING UP AT
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