A Colorado jury on Monday convicted the man accused of gunning down 10 people at a Boulder supermarket on all counts stemming from the horrific attack more than three years ago.
Ahmad Alissa, 25, was found guilty on all 55 charges, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, coming out of the March 22, 2021, assault at King Soopers.
Each one of the verdicts, reached by the Boulder County panel, was read out loud in the courtroom of District Court Chief Judge Ingrid Bakke.
Jurors deliberated for about six hours since getting the case Friday afternoon.
Alissa remained seated as the verdicts were read and didn’t appear to show any demonstrative reaction. He appeared to speak with his defense team for much of this process.
Alissa’s defense lawyers hadn’t contested their client as the shooter, but argued for not guilty by diminished capacity because he could not distinguish between right and wrong when he opened fire. He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The verdict and speed in which it was reached was expected, according to KUSA legal analyst Whitney Traylor.
“I’m not surprised,” Traylor told the NBC affiliate. “I think it would have been difficult for a jury to come back with some other verdict.”
The victims were Neven Stanisic, 23; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Denny Stong, 20; Teri Leiker, 51; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; Jody Waters, 65; Rikki Olds, 25, and responding Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51.
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