At a news conference on Tuesday, she said that one of those killed was Eric Talley, the police officer who was the first to respond to the shooting on Monday at a grocery shop.
People reflect as they pay their respects to the 10 victims of a mass shooting at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Pic/AFP
A Syrian immigrant has been charged with shooting dead 10 people, including a police officer, in Boulder in Colorado state – the second mass killing in the US within a week. Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold identified the shooter as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old man and said that he has been charged with 10 murders.
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At a news conference on Tuesday, she said that one of those killed was Eric Talley, the police officer who was the first to respond to the shooting on Monday at a grocery shop. She did not give a motive for the shooting which took place while people were also being given vaccines for COVID-19 at the shop.
Addressing the nation about the attack, President Joe Biden said, “There’s still a great deal we don’t know about the killer and the motivation of the killer in Boulder, Colorado, and other critical aspects of this mass shooting.”
‘Executive actions likely on gun safety rules’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told the media that the Joe Biden administration is considering taking executive actions on gun safety measures. “We are certainly considering a range of levers, including working through legislation, including executive actions to address, obviously, you know, not just gun safety measures but violence in communities, so that has been under discussion and will continue to be under discussion,” Psaki said.
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