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Mass Shooting At Colorado Grocery Store: 10 People Dead Including Police Officer, Suspect In Custody, Report Local Authorities

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Source: Boulder Police/Twitter

March 23 2021, Updated 11:20 a.m. ET

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A gunman open fired at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, March 22, killing 10 people, including a police officer, according to local authorities.

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The Boulder police said that they had taken an injured suspect into custody after the shooting. Videos showed a handcuffed man being escorted from the building by officers, shirtless and with his right leg appearing to be covered in blood.

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People inside the grocery, King Soopers, described the terrifying and chaotic scene inside the store. “I thought I was going to die,” said Alex Arellano, 35, who was working in the meat department inside the King Soopers store when he heard a series of gunshots, then saw people running toward an exit.

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Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold identified the slain officer as Eric Talley, who joined the Boulder department in 2010. Herold called Talley a hero and said the 51-year-old was the first officer to arrive at the scene after calls of a "possible person with a patrol rifle." He was fatally shot by the gunman. The investigation is expected to last a minimum of five days, according to Herold.

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Source: Boulder Police/Twitter
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“He was, by all accounts, one of the outstanding officers at the Boulder Police Department and his life was cut far too short,” added the Boulder County district attorney, Michael Dougherty.

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Dougherty also noted the rapid response by law enforcement, which arrived within minutes of 911 calls, just before 3 p.m. A swarm of Boulder police, SWAT and other local and federal law enforcement officers, including the FBI and ATF, swiftly contained the event at King Soopers grocery store.

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King Soopers is located in the South Boulder area, a couple of miles south of the campus of the University of Colorado. The grocery store usually draws a mix of families and college students, according to police.

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No other details about the suspect or the victims have been released. Herold said the department "will try to ID all of the victims as promptly as possible."

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