Boulder ‘shooter’ Ahmad Alissa in wheelchair at court & is held without bail for ‘killing 10’ as mental illness probed
THE suspected Boulder shooter Ahmad Alissa appeared in a wheelchair in court and has been held without bail as his "mental illness" is probed after allegedly killing 10 at a grocery store.
Alissa, 21, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder after with an AR-15-style rifle.
Around 2.30pm on Tuesday, police were called Kings Soopers grocery store in Boulder with reports of an .
Witnesses described the gunman shooting one-by-one with a rifle in the graphic massacre.
Video showed police escorting a man – the alleged gunman – in handcuffs away from the scene, dressed in nothing but shorts and covered in blood.
Denny Strong, 20, Neven Stoanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Teri Leiker, 51, Officer Eric Talley, 51, Kevin Mahoney, 61, Lynn Murray, 62, Jody Waters, 65 .
court appearance comes just hours after it was revealed that he he had been branded a "terrorist" by a classmate in high school, according to police documents.
Ahman "got up in [the] classroom, walked over to [the] victim and 'cold cocked' him in the head," the affidavit reads.
"When [the victim] fell to the floor, [Ahman] got on top of [the] victim and punched him in the head several more times," it continued, adding the victim "had bruising, swelling and cuts to head, as well as pain."
"No witnesses could see or hear any reason for [Ahman] to hit victim."
He attended Arvada West High School from 2015 until he graduated in 2018, Jeffco Public Schools spokeswoman Cameron Bell confirmed Tuesday.
“He was kind of scary to be around,” said Dayton Marvel, a teammate on the wrestling team.
once had an outburst and threatened to kill people during an intra-team match, Marvel reportedly said.
“Nobody believed him. We were just all kind of freaked out by it, but nobody did anything about it.”
Law enforcement officials also told the outlet that Ahmad was known by the FBI because he was linked to another individual under investigation by the bureau.
According to he was "born in Syria 1999" before he "came to the USA in 2002."
The 21-year-old would post regularly on Facebook, including sharing the hashtag "NeedAGirlfriend" and sharing memes about video games.
He also made a claim that "racist Islamophobic people" were "hacking my phone" and stopping him from having a "normal life."
Ahmad also shared a video that's caption claimed it showed a "corrections officer turn off his body cam before repeatedly punching an inmate with a mental health condition," which he caption: "This is not okay."
His school, Arvada West High School, confirmed to The Sun that Alissa was a student from March 2015 until he graduated in May 2018.
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"Jeffco Public Schools and the Board of Education are saddened by the tragic event that took place in Boulder," the school said.
"We share the heartbreak of the families, coworkers, and friends of the victims and of the Colorado community that again faces another senseless act of violence."