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Besides Talley, nine others were killed in the March 22 shooting in Boulder. A former information technology worker, Talley felt a calling to become an officer at age 41. He said the turnout at the service showed that Talley had character, which comes from the Greek word for leaving a mark. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder over shots fired at another officer. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

“For too often, you are are taken for granted and yet in situations like this, you are the ones who protect human life,” Aquila said. “No other individuals were shot or killed after these brave officers engaged the suspect,” police said in a tweet last week. AdA law enforcement official briefed last week on the shooting said Alissa's family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering some type of mental illness, including delusions. AdTalley, who grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, took an untraditional route to becoming a police officer. A memorial service was also planned for Talley on Tuesday at a large non-denominational church, Flatirons Community Church, in Lafayette.

“Like the rest of the community, we too want to know why — why that King Soopers, why Boulder, why Monday," Herold said. The suspect passed a background check conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation before purchasing a gun, Eagleton said. The gun store is in a shopping center that also has a chiropractic clinic, yoga studio and foot massage parlor. A different King Soopers store is across the street. His funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in the Boulder County city of Lafayette.

Another worked at the store but was only there because he stopped in to shop during his time off. TRALONA BARTKOWIAKJust this September, she helped her friend Sarah Lewis endure her grief after losing a loved one to a shooting in September. A front-end manager at King Soopers, Olds aspired to work her way up to store manager. Co-workers said Olds was the go-to person when someone needed to vent, laugh or share a little gossip. “She was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person," said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.

Alissa is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at another police officer, who was unhurt. A law enforcement official briefed on the shooting previously said that the suspect’s family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering from some type of mental illness, including delusions. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Rikki Olds, 25, an employee of King Soopers, was slain Monday, March 22, 2021, in the supermarket shooting that killed multiple people in Boulder, Colo. AdTERI LEIKERA longtime King Soopers employee, she was a “spitfire” who felt free to yell “hello" across the store when colleagues came in to work, Giffen said. LYNN MURRAYShe was shopping at King Soopers, where a friend’s daughter had seen her. A front-end manager at King Soopers, Olds aspired to work her way up to store manager. Ad“She was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person," said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.

“I just really am having a hard time understanding why me and my friends deserve to die,” she said, wondering why the gunman chose to target the Boulder store specifically. The 21-year-old suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was in jail and scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday on murder charges. We’re a part of their community.”AdThe attack was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people. According to two law enforcement officials, Alissa was born in Syria in 1999, emigrated to the U.S. as a toddler and later became a U.S. citizen. The law enforcement official said the suspect’s family told investigators that he had delusions and that they believed he had some type of mental illness.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Across the country, flags are at half-staff in honor of the victims of a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday. [TRENDING: ‘Tragedy and nightmare:’ 10 killed in Colorado | Fla. woman who coughed on cancer patients could face jail time | AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in vaccine trial]AdOrlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón is reacting to the tragedy. https://t.co/4NxhmiBTJ2 — Chief Orlando Rolón (@OrlandoPDChief) March 23, 2021He said what happened in Boulder is devastating all the way around, but is also an example of the sacrifice made by officers daily. He said his department has made changes especially after the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando and the shooting in Las Vegas. There’s now a growing memorial outside of the Orlando Police Department in Valencia’s honor.

Police say multiple people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., including Talley. (Courtesy of Boulder Police Department via AP)Three were gunned down while putting in a day's work at a Colorado supermarket. Those who lost their lives at the King Soopers store in Boulder ranged from 20 years old to 65. The school superintendent there expressed condolences and praised “the example Officer Talley leaves us all.”LYNN MURRAYMurray was shopping at King Soopers, where a friend’s daughter had seen her. Word made it to her husband, John Mackenzie, who drove to the store and started texting his wife.

Relatives described times when Alissa told them people were following or chasing him, which they said may have contributed to the violence, the official said. The attack was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people in a rampage that police said targeted Mexicans. That ordinance and another banning large-capacity magazines came after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. The judge struck down the ordinance under a Colorado law that blocks cities from making their own rules about guns. Supermarket employees told investigators that Alissa shot a man multiple times outside the Boulder grocery store before going inside, according to the affidavit.

BOULDER, Colo. – Police say 10 people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting at a Colorado supermarket. Kerry Yamaguchi said at a news conference Monday that a person of interest is in custody and is being treated. She identified slain Officer Eric Talley, who she called “heroic.” He had been with Boulder police since 2010. AdA man who said he was shopping at the store told KCNC-TV that he heard a loud bang, then heard another, and by the third, everyone was running. TV footage showed an ambulance pulled away from the store, apparently carrying the bleeding man brought out of the store in handcuffs.

Police work on the scene outside of a King Soopers grocery store where a shooting took place Monday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)BOULDER, Colo. – A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. I promise the victims and the people of the state of Colorado that we will secure justice." Matthew Kirsch, the acting U.S. attorney for Colorado, pledged that “the full weight of federal law enforcement” will support the investigation. Officials have not said whether the suspect is the person who was taken from the shooting scene to Foothills Hospital in Boulder. White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the shooting.