BOULDER, Colo. — A Boulder jury will be allowed to see the first moments recorded on body-worn camera when police officers first encountered in the store’s pharmacy department the man accused of killing 10 people at the King Soopers in Boulder in 2021.
The judge made the decision as the process for selecting jurors for the trial of Ahmad Alissa has begun.
Officers had asked Alissa, dressed only in his underwear and handcuffed, a host of questions including whether there were other shooters.
Boulder District Judge Ingrid Bakke denied Alissa’s public defender's motion to suppress his first conversation, reasoning that under these circumstances, police had a reasonable need to protect the public and officers.
“The officers’ questions are geared almost exclusively toward public safety concerns, such as asking Defendant where he left the gun, whether he came to King Soopers alone, and whether there were any other people inside the building who were going to shoot at them,” the judge said.
“Did you come here by yourself?” an officer asked. "Yes," he said, according to court documents.
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