Colorado shooting suspect makes his 1st court appearance

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and PATTY NIEBERG

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The suspected gunman in the Boulder supermarket shooting that killed 10 people appeared in court Thursday for the first time, and a defense attorney immediately asked for an assessment of his mental health.

Kathryn Herold, the lawyer for suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, provided no details about what condition he might suffer from.

During the brief hearing, Alissa did not speak other than to say “yes” to a question from the judge, who advised him of the 10 charges of first-degree murder he faces. He did not enter a plea, which will come later in the judicial process.

Alissa entered court in a wheelchair, presumably because of the gunshot wound to the leg that he suffered in the shooting. One of his attorneys leaned down to talk to him before the hearing began, and Alissa nodded his head as the attorney spoke to him. Four deputies with black bands of mourning across their badges stood close by.



Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, appears before Boulder District Court Judge Thomas Mulvahill at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colo. on March 25, 2021. Three days after he was led away in handcuffs from a Boulder supermarket where 10 people were fatally shot, Alissa appeared in court for the first time and his defense lawyer asked for a mental health assessment "to address his mental illness." (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)


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[Wingus Dingus]

2. Evil fucker.

[gldstwmn]

10. Dead eyes.

[AZLD4Candidate]

13. Usually means psychopathic or sociopathic tendancies. . .this was all about control

and a feeling of control if so.

Sorry, not mentally it. Psychopathy is a pronounced lack of empathy and remorse. This guy probably has no mental illness.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I have not heard any mention of anyone who was wounded in this shooting.

Did anyone survive being shot?

[keopeli]

6. The only survivor was the perpetrator.

[Paladin]

11. Which is unusual.

There's no evidence---so far---of the alleged shooter having any great experience with firearms. I presume more evidence is forthcoming to explain this.

[boycott_gun_sellers]

15. Ruger AR-556 Pistol

Nope. He was using a very deadly weapon.

[gopiscrap]

16. welcome to DU

[pandr32]

4. May every day of his life from now on be hell

[maxsolomon]

5. don't ever need to see his face again.

what i need to see is action. some change, anything other than gun sales going up.

[gldstwmn]

9. TMZ was classy enough to interview the police officers father

who said his son would not have wanted his death to be used to promote gun control. I can't even wrap my brain around that statement.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. The officer behind him wants to strangle him. Look at his eyes.

[RobertDevereaux]

8. Good for that cop. Every decent human being wants to strangle this motherfucker.

Hope and I drove past the King Soopers this morning, to pay honor to the ten beautiful souls who died on Monday.

Fencing up around it, many messages and flowers and mourners by the sidewalk.

Boulder's newspaper, The Daily Camera, had a photo and several paragraphs for each of the ten victims, as friends, relatives, and co-workers remembered them.

[Harker]

12. Not everyone.

I'm a longtime Boulderite, and that was my neighborhood store for seven of my fifty years in Colorado. I'm as shocked and saddened as can be, but I don't want to strangle him.

I'll trust in the judicial system to handle him appropriately.

I hope that you'll find some peace soon, and that justice is swift and sure.

[oldsoftie]

14. They say; "the trial is expected to be a long one". WHY?

There is NO judicial or constitutional reason to allow a trial for a terrorist like this to last weeks and weeks.