Police respond to active shooter at King Soopers in Boulder

[brooklynite]

Source: Denver Post

The Boulder Police Department is warning people to stay away from the King Soopers store at 3600 Table Mesa Drive because of an active shooter at the store.

Department officials tweeted the warning at 2:49 p.m. Monday. A public information officer was on their way to the scene. Further information was not immediately provided.

The King Soopers store anchors a large shopping center in the southern part of Boulder, a few blocks from Fairview High School. The Boulder Valley School District is on spring break this week. District spokeswoman Randy Barber said to his knowledge no students or staff were in any of the buildings near the King Soopers on Monday.

A YouTube user was livestreaming from the scene starting at roughly 2:30 p.m. His video showed what appear to be shooting victims, and police approaching the front of the badly damaged store in an armored vehicle. He claimed he was still hearing gunshots from within the store while taking cover in the parking lot.

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/22/police-active-shooter-shooting-king-soopers-boulder/

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Live coverage: https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/shooting-boulder-king-soopers-table-mesa/73-f5825a61-8b9b-4b5a-a550-36edf1c44d50

[likesmountains 52]

1. Live New feed

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/shooting-boulder-king-soopers-table-mesa/73-f5825a61-8b9b-4b5a-a550-36edf1c44d50

[brooklynite]

2. Suspect taken into custody

Link to tweet

[vercetti2021]

4. He walked in there in his underwear and started shooting

But I'm sure he was having a bad day don't you think?

[orleans]

29. tweet unavailable nt

[regnaD kciN]

3. From the same article...

In November 2017, Scott Ostrem walked into a Walmart in Thornton and fired seven shots in 20 seconds, killing Victor Vasquez, 26, Carlos Moreno, 66, and Pamela Marques, 53. Ostrem was later given three life sentences. A motive was never made clear.

Hmmm...white guy kills three random people with Hispanic surnames and "a motive was never made clear?" Maybe it was mental illness, or violent video games, or rap music? Or "maybe we'll never know what drove him to do it"...?

[ellie]

5. I used to

work in that store last year. This is really awful. I know people who work there.

[2naSalit]

9. I hope they are okay.

That's hard to watch when you know people on the scene.

[Rorey]

11. Awful!

I'm sure you're worried sick.

[LeftInTX]

23. We shopped there while we stayed in Boulder...December 2019

Prices were reasonable compared to the rest of Boulder

[ellie]

26. It's a nice store

I worked there back when the pandemic started and although it was stressful, the customers never complained about having to wear masks.

[Ahpook]

6. Here is the streamer that caught the beginning of this.

The police pushed him back now, but he was inside the building while gunfire was popping off. You can rewind if you so desire.

Gruesome shit!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Wow, the old guy wearing the orange vest at the entrance...

... just standing there while using his smartphone!

Gunshots were still heard, and he continued standing there like "la dee da"!

[Ahpook]

15. Says something about our society perhaps?

I'd be running for the hills!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Maybe he was an employee there?

Ugh, I hope that he didn't feel compelled to contact a boss about leaving his post early!

Yeah, I'd be sprinting out of there fast!

[Sapient Donkey]

20. I'm kinda hoping they take that video off, or the guy does it himself

I'm going to take a guess that the guy likely will not do that. Just an impression I get.

[Rizen]

7. Holy shit, I live there!

I'm safe and not at the store though.

[Bev54]

8. Here is some video

showing a couple of victims outside the store and then one right inside and more shots being fired.

https://www.rawstory.com/boulder-shooting/

[2naSalit]

10. Twitter and utoob are removing the videos.

If they are gruesome and graphic, I am glad they are doing that. Those people who were shot deserve a little respect at this moment. As long as those who need to see them have them available, they should remain offline.

[maxsolomon]

24. They deserve respect, but seeing the carnage may move the needle.

When violence is reported and not witnessed, it abstracts. It becomes easier to rationalize, easier to forget.

The horrors of the Vietnam War were on TV every night. It turned the nation against it. The GOP learned and never allowed that press access to their wars again.

[Buckeyeblue]

28. I think we should show the public what these guns do

That might be the only way to change minds.

[maxsolomon]

32. I concur.

I remember growing up in Cincy during Larry Flynt's obscenity trial. He send a color mailer to every household in Hamilton County filled with "real obscenities": war wounds, lots of blood and viscera. The point being: vulvae aren't obscene.

Most parents including mine quickly hid it from their children, but guess what? Everyone saw it at school the next day. Really affected my perspective on wars, guns, violence.

[citizen blues]

12. I have family . . .

who live a mile away. That's their grocery store.

For those not in Colorado: King Soopers is our local Kroger Store.

[raccoon]

13. I hope they catch him but don't take him alive. NT

[BumRushDaShow]

17. WaPo had earlier reported they had a suspect in custody

The Boulder police tweeted about a "person of interest" in custody -

Boulder shooting: Multiple people killed, including police officer; suspect in custody

ByPaulina Villegas
March 22, 2021 at 8:59 p.m. EDT

Multiple people were killed at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, including a Boulder police officer, after a shooter opened fire on customers and responding officers.

A suspect is in custody, though police officials did not offer a potential motive. Officials did not report the number of fatalities, and they said the only seriously injured person was the shooter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/22/boulder-shooting/

Link to tweet

TEXT

Boulder Police Dept.
@boulderpolice
Police: No ongoing public threat. Person of interest in custody. He was injured and is being treated for his injury.
8:53 PM · Mar 22, 2021

[NNadir]

18. How tragic, and in one of my favorite towns in North America!

I used to do a lot of business in Boulder, and traveled there probably six times a year.

It is a town of gentle people. I sympathize with the victims, and I hope no one I knew was among them.

[generalbetrayus]

19. The Boulder police tonight reported 10 murder victims, including one Boulder police officer.

I have shopped at the particular King Soopers in the past, on occasion, but it is not my primary King Soopers store. It is in a middle to upper class neighborhood in Boulder. I doubt the victims will turn out to be Black or Hispanic, although I would not be surprised it they included an Asian American or two. More will be revealed, I'm sure.

[maxsolomon]

21. they may turn out to be Liberals.

considering that it's Boulder.

[LeftInTX]

25. He was shooting people in the parking lot. Looks like he went after whoever was in his way.

A body was in the parking lot. Another near the entrance. Another one was just inside the entrance.

[maxsolomon]

31. In Germany they call it "Amoklauf": run amok.

Rampage Killings. My sense is that there will be no discernable target. This time.

[Dave Starsky]

30. Boulder is an oasis in a sea of RWNJs.

You don't have to go too far out of the city limits before you're back in Crazytown.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

22. In second press conference the chief said a "patrol rifle" was used, she meaning it was an AR-15?

[rockfordfile]

27. The right-wing Supreme Court over the years allowed this to happen. It's getting worst