{"id":11315,"date":"2021-03-24T06:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlecharbinger.wordpress.com\/?p=11315"},"modified":"2021-03-24T06:03:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:03:58","slug":"suspect-in-colorado-shooting-will-face-court-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mlecharbinger.org\/?p=11315","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Colorado Shooting will Face Court Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Michelle Mairena<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past Monday, a new tragedy was added to Colorado\u2019s \u2014 and the nation\u2019s \u2014 long history of mass shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa, a 21-year-old man who was born in Syria but raised in Colorado, walked into a King Soopers store in the city of Boulder, and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon, killing 10 people. According to eyewitnesses, Al-Issa was wearing full tactic gear and started his murder spree in the parking lot, where he shot an elderly man multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before he surrendered to SWAT, Al-Issa removed all his gear. He walked out of the store almost naked, with blood visible on his right leg, where he had been shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims\u2019 ages ranged from 20 to 65, and included the store\u2019s manager and a police officer who responded to the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much has been made public about the gunman, who, according to the arrest affidavit, did not answer questions but \u201casked to speak to his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect\u2019s older brother, Ali Aliwi Alissa, told The Daily Beast<\/a> in an interview that his brother is \u201canti-social.\u201d He said the shooting was \u201cnot at all a political statement\u201d but mental illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As families and a perplexed city now mourn the lives lost, the gunman\u2014 who is now out of the hospital and ready to stand trial \u2014 faces 10 counts of murder and will appear in court for the first time tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This shooting came less than a week after the shootings at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. With the country slowly reopening, America\u2019s decades-long pandemic of gun violence resurfaces and the fear of dying \u2014 at a school, workplace, spa, grocery store \u2014 once again permeates the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. We can close loopholes in our gun background check system,\u201d tweet President Biden this past Tuesday. \u201cThis is not a partisan issue \u2014 it\u2019s an American issue that will save lives. Congress needs to act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress has yet to deliver on a legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the names and ages of the victims:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denny Stong, 20 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neven Stanisic, 23 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rikki Olds, 25 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tralona Bartkowiak, 49 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officer Eric Talley, 51 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teri Leiker, 51 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzzanne Fountaine, 59 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Mahoney, 61 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Murray, 62 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jody Waters, 65 years old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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