ACTIVE SHOOTER at grocery store in Boulder, Colorado
Police in Boulder, Colorado have surrounded a grocery store after reports of shots fired. An active shooter is believed to be inside, and reportedly opened fire at police. ‘Multiple’ people are reportedly down.
The police have identified the location as a King Soopers supermarket in the Table Mesa neighborhood.
ALERT: Active Shooter at the King Soopers on Table Mesa. AVOID THE AREA. PIO is en-route.
— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) March 22, 2021
Initial scanner traffic from the scene suggested that the suspect fired on officers and that there were multiple people injured inside the store, but that has not been independently confirmed. Boulder PD have yet to provide any official details on the situation, beyond it being an active shooter incident.
Witnesses told the media that a gunman stormed into the store and opened fire unprovoked.
“He didn’t say s**t. He just came in and started shooting,” one witness, who said he was at the self-checkout when the incident unraveled, told the Denver Post. His roommate said that the gunman was not on a spree, but “let off a couple of shots, then was silent, and then let off a couple more.”
Two groups of people have been ushered out of the building so far. One man was in handcuffs and bleeding from what appeared to be a leg wound. Wearing only underwear in the near-freezing temperature, he was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
Some two hours after first reports of the shooting came in, police said they were responding to a report of an “armed, dangerous individual" at another scene.It’s unclear if the two incidents are related.
We got this text and a reverse 911 call at 5:00. ☹️ pic.twitter.com/uhj0NGBhuL
— Laurel Ann (@LaurelAnn78) March 22, 2021
“I am closely watching unfolding events at King Soopers in Boulder. My prayers are with our fellow Coloradans in this time of sadness and grief as we learn more about the extent of the tragedy,” Governor Jared Polis tweeted.
The store and the surrounding shopping center remain cordoned off by police as of 4:30pm local time. No official information about the suspect or the number of victims has been released.
Boulder is a city of some 100,000 residents about 25 miles (40km) northwest of Denver, at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
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