Boulder, Colorado police give update on supermarket shooting that killed multiple people

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My name is Don Juan the public information officer for

the City of Boulder Police Department

We're going to have three speakers during this press conference

The first is going to be the Boulder Police chief

Maris

Harold

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Then we're going to have District Attorney Michael Dougherty and

then we're going to have someone from the U

S

Attorney's office

Chief Harold thanks to you the first thing I want

to say is I I want to say our hearts

of this community go out to the victims of this

horrific incident

We know of 10 fatalities at the scene including one

of our Boulder PD officers by the name of Eric

Tally who's been on the Boulder Police Department since 2010

He served in numerous role supporting the Boulder Police Department

and the community of Boulder

And I have to tell you the heroic action of

this officer when he responded to the scene at 14

30 hours the Boulder Police Department began receiving phone calls

of shots fired in the area and a phone call

about a possible person with a patrol rifle

Officer Kelly responded to the scene was the first on

the scene and he was fatally shot

I also want to commend the heroic actions of the

officers responding not only from Boulder PD but from across

the county

In other parts of this region police officer's actions felt

nothing short of being heroic

I also want to thank the men and women who

responded including state local and federal authorities

Obviously this is a very complex investigation that will take

no less than five days to complete

And again my heart goes out to the victims of

this incident

And I'm grateful that for the police officers that responded

and I am so sorry about the loss of officer

tally and again we will be here working night and

day

We have one suspect in custody

I want to reassure the community that they are safe

and that we will try to do our best over

the next few hours to identify the victims and we'll

be working with the coroner's office to do that as

promptly as possible

because I know there are people out there waiting for

an answer and I am very sympathetic to that and

we will work around the clock to get this accomplished

With that in mind I'm gonna turn this over to

District eternity

Michael Dougherty Work

Good evening

Older has suffered terrible and horrific mass shooting today and

I wanna second what the chief said about the appreciation

for the local state and federal partners that have responded

to this location and to help with the investigation

This is not the first mass shooting that we've had

in the state of Colorado and one thing that's happened

in response to each and everyone including today's horrific acts

is the response that we have from law enforcement partners

throughout the metro area

Victim advocates from throughout the area around Boulder and investigators

from local state and federal agencies as well as prosecutors

from the U

S

Attorney's office and from my office to ensure that justice

is done my heart goes out

Eric Talley's family his loved ones and his colleagues

He was by all accounts one of the outstanding officers

at the Boulder Police Department and his life was cut

far too short as he responded to the shooting that

was taking place at King Soopers

I also want to stress how incredibly sorry I am

for all the victims who were killed at King Soopers

These were people going about their day doing their food

shopping and their lives were cut abruptly and tragically short

by the shooter who is now in custody

I promise the victims and the people of the state

of Colorado that we will secure justice and do everything

we must do to get justice in this case

In order for that to happen

A painstaking investigation is already underway both at the crime

scene and in interviews to make sure that we receive

all the accurate information

Once that information is secure will be sharing that with

the media and with the community

I would say that I hope the people of this

country send the families of the loved ones their thoughts

and prayers

But from my perspective there's more for us to do

than just give us give them our thoughts and prayers

We're gonna go all out to ensure that the right

result is reached and that's why I'm very grateful that

we do have local state and federal agencies all responding

to this location here today to ensure that the investigators

investigation is thorough and complete and ensures that we reach

justice in this case

As I mentioned the shooter is currently in custody

He was injured

With an eye towards the prosecution of that case

We're going to be very careful about the crime scene

and how we go about this investigation

We owe it to the families of all the victims

each and every one of them to ensure that justice

is done

And I promise you that is our commitment and we

will work tirelessly to get there

I'm gonna turn it over to the U

S

Attorney Matt Kirsh who's here on behalf of the U

S

Attorney's office

And again I greatly appreciate the local state and federal

cooperation on this investigation

Thank you Michael

I'm Matt Kirsch

I'm the acting U S attorney for the district of

Colorado

This has obviously been a tragic event and I'm here

simply to assure both the families of the victims and

the community that the full weight of federal law enforcement

is going to support the effort that D

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Dougherty just described to seek justice in this matter

I've already spoken with my counterparts at the A

T F and the F B I

They're here on scene as well

And as I said we're going to continue to support

this investigation as completely as we can

Thank you

We're not gonna take any further updates as of this

evening

Um we will put out our next update

Early tomorrow morning we will post a picture of the

officer on our Twitter V shortly

Um thank you for your patience

We will continue to post updates as soon as we

can but the next update anticipated update will be the

first thing tomorrow morning

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This officer Eric E R I C callie T A

l l e Y He was 51 years old

He has been with the Boulder Police Department since 2010

Thank you

Since 2010

Not not tonight

We will have our next update with questions for tomorrow

morning

Will that be a news conference We will announce it

on Twitter

Yes We will have another update in the morning

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