The motive for the mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that killed 10 people, including a police officer, on Monday remains unknown after authorities arrested the suspected gunman.
Boulder Police Department Commander Kerry Yamaguchi said during a press conference that investigators were still searching for a motive after the alleged shooter opened fire at a King Soopers store, per CNN.
Officials offered few details about the suspected gunman, whom they said was given medical treatment after he was arrested. The authorities did not disclose what he was treated for, though they reported that he was the only person who survived injuries in the shooting.
“We will work around the clock to get this accomplished,” Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said of the investigation.
A source in law enforcement told CNN that the suspect had used an AR-15-style rifle.
Herold identified the slain officer as Eric Talley. The names of other nine victims have not yet been announced.
The shooting comes on the heels of another gun massacre at three spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area last week, which led to eight deaths. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent. Authorities have not reported a possible motive for those attacks.
Maybe the shooter was just, you know, having a bad day.
JHFC. Maybe guns should not be quite so readily available to every fscking lunatic…
One of the rumors out there is that the shooter was aiming at people getting the vaccine. Some of the victims had been in that line. Now, maybe because I’ll bet the vaccination site was at the front of the store, it was a coincidence.
So now they have something more to blame the Biden administration for, as mass shootings were down during the height of the pandemic - this one marks the 10th one so far this year. I’m sure the accusations are coming because people are stupid.
The police have been very tight lipped about this crime. I wonder why.
It looks like the killing started in the parking lot and moved into the store?
I read somewhere early this morning vaccinations were being done at the store. Sounds like this guy might have been near the end of line. A woman at the front of the line to get vaccinated was the first one shot according to a witness.
On a side note, I thought all stores had a policy of no shirt, no shoes, no service. Or did this guy start disrobing as he was killing people?
Did he buy the gun a few hours before the shooting as did the Georgia killer? It says he was the only person shot who survived, suggesting that he was using a gun and bullets suitable for major warfare, designed to inflict the most damage to a target. Those kinds of guns and ammo are, of course, readily available. I want this to be the impetus for the adoption, finally, of at least minimal gun control, including background checks for all, waiting periods and most of all an order to the CDC to start methodically collecting info on gun deaths and injuries. Now.