Alissa was paranoid and posted about racist Islamophobes before killing ten people

The suspected Boulder shooter was reportedly known by the FBI and posted about racist Islamophobes before allegedly killing 10 including a cop.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been charged after rampaging through a grocery store with an AR-15-style rifle, leaving 10 people including police officer Eric Talley, dead.

However, according to the New York Times, Ahmad previously had two run-ins with Boulder cops in 2018 – one on a report of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and one of criminal mischief. It is not clear if he was convicted of a crime.

Law enforcement officials also told the outlet that Ahmad was known by the FBI because he was linked to another individual under investigation by the bureau.

According to a police affidavit from last night, obtained by the New York Post, Alissa asked to speak to his mom before as he surrendered.

Ali Aliwi Alissa, the suspect’s 34-year-old brother, told The Daily Beast that Ahmad was “very anti-social”.

During high school, the suspected shooter would describe “being chased” and feared that someone was “behind him” and “looking for him”, his brother revealed.

“When he was having lunch with my sister in a restaurant, he said, ‘People are in the parking lot, they are looking for me.’ She went out, and there was no one. We didn’t know what was going on in his head,” Alissa told the outlet, reportedly admitting that he believes his brother is mentally ill.

The alleged shooter bought an assault rifle six days before opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket, according to an arrest affidavit released on Tuesday.

Around 2.30pm on Tuesday, police were called Kings Soopers grocery store in Boulder with reports of an active shooter.

Officer Talley, 51, was one of the first to arrive on the scene – and was shot dead as he raced inside to tackle the gunman.

Witnesses described the gunman shooting victims one-by-one with a rifle in the graphic massacre.

Video showed police escorting a man – the alleged gunman – in handcuffs away from the scene, dressed in nothing but shorts and covered in blood.

Initial reports said that at least six were killed in the shooting, but the death toll was later revealed to be ten.

Denny Strong, 20, Neven Stoanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Teri Leiker, 51, Officer Eric Talley, 51, Kevin Mahoney, 61, Lynn Murray, 62, Jody Waters, 65 were the 10 victims.

Police later named Alissa as the alleged gunman. He’s since been charged with murder.

The suspect’s brother told the Beast that the alleged gunman’s house was searched by authorities following the shooting.

According to a Facebook page, that appeared to be Ahmad’s, he was “born in Syria 1999” before he “came to the USA in 2002.”

The 21-year-old would post regularly on Facebook, including sharing the hashtag “NeedAGirlfriend” and sharing memes about video games.

He also made a claim that “racist Islamophobic people” were “hacking my phone” and stopping him from having a “normal life.”

Ahmad also shared a video that’s caption claimed it showed a “corrections officer turn off his body cam before repeatedly punching an inmate with a mental health condition,” which he caption: “This is not okay.”

His school, Arvada West High School, confirmed to The Sun that Alissa was a student from March 2015 until he graduated in May 2018.

“Jeffco Public Schools and the Board of Education are saddened by the tragic event that took place in Boulder,” the school said.

“We share the heartbreak of the families, coworkers, and friends of the victims and of the Colorado community that again faces another senseless act of violence.”

NBC’s Pete Williams said on MSNBC that his federal sources said there is no indication that the shooting was an act of terror or a hate crime.

Speaking about the shooting this afternoon, President Joe Biden said: ““I don’t need to wait another minute — or another hour — to take common sense steps that will save lives in the future.”

“We should also ban assault weapons in the process,” he added, calling on Congress to act in the wake of such horrific gun violence and describing Talley as a “real American hero.”

Biden pointed out that they managed to do this when he was a senator, urging lawmakers to close the loopholes in background checks and ban assault weapons.

Footage showed the shirtless Alissa, 21, covered in blood being led away in handcuffs as terrified survivors told how they fled yesterday afternoon’s massacre in Boulder, Colorado.

Alissa was named as the alleged shooter by Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold during an 8.30am press conference, who said that dozens of agencies had investigated the massacre.

The victims ranged in age from 20 to 65 and Mayor Sam Weaver said the community felt this loss “in our bones.”

Weaver described slain officer Talley as a truly heroic public servant and said “we can never thank Officer Talley or his family enough for his sacrifice.”

Olds was initially named as one of the victims in online posts by her family before police confirmed it this morning.

“We lost our beloved Rikki Olds to the monster who shot up the king soopers in Boulder CO yesterday may his rotten a** fry and burn in hell,” aunt Lori Olds wrote on Facebook.

The Boulder Police Department confirmed nine other people died at the King Soopers grocery store on Table Mesa Drive – and Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty vowed that Alissa would be brought to justice.

FBI Special Agent Michael Schneider appealed to the public to come forward with any information they may have about the shooting, saying “no information is too small.”

“[This] includes identifying the subject’s motives,” he said. “It would be premature for us to draw any conclusions at this time.”

Herold said that the suspect Alissa from Arvada suffered a “through and through” wound to his leg and officials confirmed that he was in hospital before being brought to jail later today.

Witnesses said a man in tactical gear was silent as he carefully picked off his victims with a rifle in the parking lot before moving inside the store.

“He just came in and started shooting,” one shopper told The Denver Post.

Another said the gunman “let off a couple of shots, then was silent, and then he let off a couple more. He wasn’t spraying.”

Sarah Moonshadow, 42, said: “He shot right at us. I didn’t look. I just ran.”

She fled outside with her 21-year-old son, still clutching the strawberries they had just bought at the checkout.

Sarah told Denver’s ABC7 she saw a victim lying on the ground outside and ran over to help.

She said through tears: “My son grabbed me by my coat and said, ‘No, we can’t help him. We gotta go.’

“I wanted to try to help that guy in the road and I couldn’t because he was just too close and we had to get away.”

Another shopper, James Graham, said he could smell gunpowder as he ran from the store.

He said: “I probably heard 30 shots. It was just pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.

“It was the most terrifying event I’ve ever been through.

“I mean, I’ve been through an active shooter drill, but… This happened so fast, and it was so loud… I’m still in shock over it.”

Source: The Sun