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☆ Suspect in Colorado supermarket massacre enters insanity plea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Keith Coffman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A man cries at the site of a shooting at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 24, 2021. One of the victims was initially shot and wounded in the back, then slain as he tried to crawl away. The shooting spree ended when a police officer shot Alissa in the leg, leading the gunman to surrender. The murder case against Alissa stalled after he underwent a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation and was diagnosed with schizophrenia in late 2021. An insanity plea relates to a defendant’s mental status at the time of the alleged crime.

Persons: Alyson McClaran, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, Ingrid Bakke, Alissa, Sarah Cantu, ” Cantu, Cantu, Bakke, ”, Keith Coffman, Steve Gorman, Bill Berkrot Organizations: King, REUTERS, Rights DENVER, Ruger, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Boulder , Colorado, U.S, Colorado, Boulder District, Boulder, Denver

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in a 2021 rampage is mentally competent to stand trial. Judge Ingrid Bakke ruled that Alissa, who has schizophrenia, is able to understand court proceedings and contribute to his own defense. Bakke presided over a hearing last week to consider an August determination by experts at a state mental hospital that Alissa was competent after previous evaluations found otherwise. He was admitted to the state hospital in December 2021. Mental competency does not mean he’s been cured.

Persons: —, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, Judge Ingrid Bakke, Alissa, Bakke, Loandra Torres, Torres, medicate, Soopers Organizations: Employees Locations: BOULDER, Colo, Colorado, Boulder, Denver

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, suspect of the King Soopers grocery store shooting, appears in a Boulder County District courtroom at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. May 25, 2021. Still, the judge asked that Alissa remain in the custody of the state hospital where he has been confined for the past two years. Bakke agreed with prosecutors that Alissa, 24, stands a better chance of avoiding regression if he stays hospitalized than if he were returned to jail to await trial. That testimony marked the first indication of a motive for the shooting offered in the case in open court. Authorities said the murder weapon in the Boulder attack, a Ruger AR-556 pistol that resembles a semi-automatic rifle, was purchased by Alissa six days before the grocery store shooting spree.

Persons: Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, King, Matthew Jonas, Ingrid Bakke, Alissa, Bakke, Kathryn Herold, Loandra Torres, fidgety, Keith Coffman, Steve Gorman, Matthew Lewis, Chris Reese Organizations: Boulder County Justice Center, REUTERS, Colorado Mental Health, The Colorado Department of Human Services, Authorities, Ruger, Thomson Locations: Boulder County, Boulder, Boulder , Colorado, U.S, Colorado, Denver, Atlanta

☆ Colorado supermarket shooting suspect remains unfit for trial, judge says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

BOULDER, Colo. — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket nearly two years ago remains mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge said Friday. Bakke said the latest report from the hospital finding Alissa incompetent also said he has a “reasonable likelihood” of reaching competency, an outlook also expressed in previous reports. Concerns about Alissa’s mental health were raised by his defense immediately after the March 2021 shooting. Competency is a different legal issue than a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which involves whether someone’s mental health prevented them from understanding right from wrong when a crime was committed. They said Alissa passed a background check to legally buy a Ruger AR-556 pistol six days before the shooting.

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