A 21-year-old man who went on a shooting spree earlier this year at a King Soopers Supermarket in Boulder, Colorado killing 10 people including a police officer has been deemed unfit to stand trial.
According to the Boulder Daily Camera, doctors say Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa gave “superficial responses” to hypothetical legal situations, indicating a “passive approach to his defense” and “potential overreliance on his attorneys.”
Boulder District Attorney’s Office already filed a motion asking for another evaluation.
Around 2:40 p.m on March 22, officers responded to a call about an armed man shooting in the parking lot of the King Soopers Supermarket before heading inside.
Eric Talley, a Boulder police officer, was the first to arrive on the scene and was shot and killed. Alissa fired at other responding officers and was hit in the leg when the officers returned fire. He later surrendered to police 90 minutes after the shooting began.
In addition to Talley, Denny Strong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; Jody Waters, 65; were also killed.
Alissa has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder, 47 counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, 10 counts of felony possession of a prohibited large capacity magazine and 47 crime of violence sentence enhancers.
