


Ahmad Alissa, 25, was found guilty on Sept. 23 on all counts, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, in the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting case.
Alissa, who did not testify in the case, fatally shot 10 people in the Table Mesa King Soopers on March 22, 2021. He was sentenced to 10 life sentences, running consecutively, plus another 1,334 years.
Alissa was found guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder, 38 counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, six counts of felony possession of a prohibited large capacity magazine and 38 crime-of-violence sentence enhancers in connection with the shooting.
Alissa was sentenced to 10 life sentences without the possibility of parole; 48 years for each attempted first-degree murder sentence, of which some merged due to them being related to the same victims; six one-year sentences for felony possession of a prohibited large capacity magazine; and one 32-year sentence for first-degree assault. All sentencing terms are to be served consecutively.
Last year, Alissa pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all counts.
Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, Denny Stong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Teri Leiker, 51; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jody Waters, 65 were killed in the shooting.
The courtroom was packed with victims and victims’ family members as Chief Judge Ingrid Bakke read the guilty counts for first-degree murder, before proceeding to read each guilty count for 38 counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Law enforcement personnel lined the back of the courtroom and reached for one another when the names of the officers who responded that day were called out.
Alissa’s family members left the courtroom with tear-filled eyes.
Throughout the trial, the jury heard from survivors, family members of Alissa, doctors and law enforcement officials.
Alissa is currently in custody in the San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo.
Since the trial, his defense has filed a notice to appeal, which is filed in every felony case in Colorado and is an indication that at some point in the future he will file an appeal to have his case retried, according to Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty.