Police respond to active shooter report in Colorado
A suspect has been taken into custody and is being treated for injuries, said police chief Kerry Yamaguchi.
The shooting took place around 3pm local time on Monday. Eyewitnesses described a male gunman in tactical gear opening fire in silence on terrified shoppers.
“We had a very tragic incident today,” Commander Kerry Yamaguchi of the Boulder Police Department said. “There was loss of life, we have multiple people who were killed in this incident, and I am sorry to have to report that one of them was a Boulder police officer.”
Police say they are not aware of any connection between the gunman or the King Soopers store where the killings happened on Monday afternoon.
“This is a tragedy and and nightmare for Boulder County,” said district attorney Michael Dougherty.
First victim named in Colorado mass shooting
Police officer Eric Talley has been named among the ten killed in the Boulder mass shooting
The 51-year-old officer’s death was confirmed during a second police press conference on Monday evening
Fellow officers paid their respects to Officer Talley at the scene of the shooting
Emergency vehicles followed the ambulance carrying his body as fellow officers saluted
Officer Talley was shot dead by the gunman while responding to a 911 call from the scene, police said
Ten confirmed dead in Boulder mass shooting
Police have confirmed ten people were killed in the mass shooting in Boulder on Monday afternoon.
Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold confirmed the death toll at a press conference: “My heart goes out to the victims of this incident. I am grateful for the officers who responded.”
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement that he was angry at another act of ‘unspeakable violence’ in the state.
“I’m deeply saddened and angered with the news of another tragic shooting in Colorado,” he said.
“I’m thinking of all our fellow Coloradans in Boulder who were affected by the unspeakable violence that occurred at King Soopers on Table Mesa.”
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Police tweeted an active shooter alert in Boulder shortly before 3 pm local time, with a video showing a handcuffed man, shirtless and covered in blood, escorted from the building about 30 minutes later.
Graeme Massie23 March 2021 02:15
Boulder Police Department hold press conference
Authorities gave very little detail on shocking incident during the media briefing.
Graeme Massie23 March 2021 01:44
Boulder Police confirms death of officer
“Police: We have multiple victims who lost their lives. One of the victims is a Boulder police officer. Asking media to honor families’ privacy,” BPD tweeted.
Graeme Massie23 March 2021 01:42
Bloody handcuffed man pulled from Colorado mass shooting site after victims fled in grocery store ‘stampede’
Police in the university town of Boulder say they have responded to the incident at the King Soopers super market.
A law enforcement source told ABC News that officers responded to a report of someone being shot in the store’s car park, and were in turn fired upon by a suspect.
Graeme Massie23 March 2021 01:39
Six killed, including one police officer, in Boulder mass shooting
The violence unfolded at the Kings Sooper store in Boulder on Monday afternoon and the shooter’s motive has not been determined, law-enforcement officials told the Wall Street Journal.
Graeme Massie23 March 2021 01:25
