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Jury selection underway for Boulder grocery store shooting trial where 10 Coloradans were killed

Jury selection begins in Boulder grocery store shooting trial three years after 10 people killed
Jury selection begins in Boulder grocery store shooting trial three years after 10 people killed 01:45

Jury selection began Monday in the Boulder grocery store shooting trial. A gunman shot and killed 10 people at the Table Mesa King Soopers store on March 22, 2021.

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BOULDER, CO - MARCH 25: Police tape lines the site of a shooting at a King Soopers grocery store on March 25, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. The shooting left 10 people dead, including one police officer. Chet Strange / Getty Images

Those who were killed include Denny Stong, 20, Neven Stanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Teri Leiker, 51, Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, 61-year-old Kevin Mahoney; 62-year-old Lynn Murray; and 65-year-old Jody Waters.

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Questionnaires went out on Monday morning in the first step to seat the jury in the trial where Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, is facing several charges including murder, attempted murder, assault, and possessing illegal magazines of ammunition.  

He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting. The process of going to trial has lasted more than three years with several hearings and evaluations dedicated to determining whether the suspect is competent to stand trial. The suspect has been hospitalized at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo since December 2021. 

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BOULDER, CO - MAY 25: Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa appears in a Boulder County District courtroom at the Boulder County Justice Center on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.  CBS

The judge has dismissed requests to move the trial out of Boulder County. 

A jury is expected to be seated by Sept. 4. 

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