Boulder shooting suspect accused of using large warehouse

DENVER (AP) – Local prosecutors in Colorado filed more than 40 felony charges on Wednesday against a man charged last month with murdering 10 people in a Boulder grocery store, including for allegedly using a magazine with a large capacity banned by state legislatures in response to recent mass shootings.

The court document outlining the new charges lists 19 new victims – including 11 law enforcement officers – whose 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is charged with attempted murder during the attack. Some victims have more than one count of attempted first degree murder associated with them, specifying two different theories of how Alissa allegedly tried to kill them, either intentionally or through “extreme indifference” to human life.

In 2013, Colorado lawmakers banned the sale of ammunition magazines containing more than 15 rounds in response to mass shootings the previous year at a Denver suburban cinema and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Despite this, an investigation by KUSA-TV found that some gun shops are breaking the law by selling the disassembled parts of high-capacity magazines that buyers can assemble themselves.

Investigators have said that Alissa legally purchased the Ruger AR-556 pistol, which resembles an AR-15 rifle with a slightly shorter stock. He is accused of using it in the shooting six days after passing a background check.

Alissa’s defense has taken time to evaluate what one of his attorneys called his “mental illness,” but has not provided details on the condition. He has not yet been asked to make a plea, and the public defenders who represent him are not allowed to speak to the media about the matter under office policy.

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