Colorado Supermarket Shooting Suspect’s Case Finally Resumes After He’s Ruled Competent

Published on November 14, 2023

DENVER—Prosecutors are finally set to lay out their case against a mentally ill man now deemed competent to stand trial in a mass shooting more than two years ago, accused of gunning down 10 people at a supermarket in a Colorado college town. A judge planned a hearing Tuesday to decide if there is enough evidence for Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who has schizophrenia, to go on trial in the March 22, 2021, shooting at a crowded King Soopers store in Boulder, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Denver. Authorities have not revealed if they know a motive for the shooting. But a forensic psychologist testified during a hearing in September that the 24-year-old Mr. Alissa bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and indicated “there was some intention to commit suicide by cop.”...

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