BOULDER SHOOTING UPDATE MARCH 23, 8:30 A.M.

Dozens of agencies continued to investigate yesterday’s mass shooting at the King Soopers at 3600 Table Mesa Drive.

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office worked overnight to identify all of the victims and notify the next of kin.

• The last victim was removed from the scene at 1:30 a.m. today (Tuesday, March 23). 


• By 2:02 a.m., all of the victims had been identified. 


• By 3:59 a.m., the families of the victims had been notified.

The names of the deceased are as follows:

• Denny Stong, 20


• Neven Stanisic, 23


• Rikki Olds, 25


• Tralona Bartkowiak, 49


• Suzanne Fountain, 59


• Teri Leiker, 51


• Eric Talley, 51


• Kevin Mahoney, 61


• Lynn Murray, 62


• Jody Waters, 65

“Our hearts go out to all of the victims killed during this senseless act of violence. We are committed to a thorough investigation and will bring justice to each of these families,” Chief Maris Herold said. “The Boulder community is strong and compassionate, and I know we will come together to take care of each other during this time.”

Detectives are asking anyone with any information about this crime to submit it online. You can also call the tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI. For digital media, you can submit information at www.fbi.gov/bouldershooting.

The timeline is as follows:

• *At approximately 2:40 p.m. on Monday, March 22, officers were dispatched to the King Soopers at 3600 Table Mesa Drive for a report of an active shooter


• *Officers arrived on scene within minutes and immediately entered the store and engaged the suspect. There was an exchange of gunfire during which the suspect was shot. No other officers were injured. The suspect was then taken into custody at 3:28 p.m. He was transported to the hospital for treatment and is now in stable condition. 

The suspect has been identified as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, of Arvada. He has been charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree and will be transported to the Boulder County jail today

Eric Talley was a police officer in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is the son of Homer Talley. (a)


2. He is the older brother of Kirstin Talley. (b)


3. He was a father of seven. (a) (c)


4. He was devout Christian, according to Jeremy Herko, who described him as one of his best friends. (a)


5. In 2000, his first child was born. (c)


6. In 2010, he joined the Boulder Police Department. (c)


7. In 2013, his youngest child was born. (a)


8. On June 3, 2013, he was one of three police officers who helped save 11 small ducklings and their mother that were stuck in a drainage ditch in Boulder. The other two were Jack Walker and A.J. Kunz. (d)


9. On June 1, 2015, he and Walker presented at the Martin Acres Neighborhood Association (MANA) Steering Committee meeting in Martin Acres, Boulder to announce their new community-based policing initiative, which aimed to help officers become a familiar face in their communities. (d)


10. On March 22, 2021, he was the first officer on the scene at the King Soopers grocery store on Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, where a mass shooting took place. The gunman, then 21, fatally shot him. (a)


11. He died at the age of 51. (a)


12. Prior to his death, he was working to become a drone operator because he thought it would be safer, according to his father. (c)


13. He is the sixth Boulder Police Department officer killed in the line of duty. (c)

     14.Boulder cop Eric Talley killed in store massacre left six-figure IT job to join force after friend's tragic DUI death