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10 Killed in Colorado Grocery Store Shooting

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   Police in the U.S. city of Boulder, Colorado,say 10 people were killed
   Monday in a shooting at agrocery store.

   Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said the dead included officer Eric
   Talley, who was the first to arrive at the scene after reports of
   gunfire.Herold called Talley's actions "heroic."

   Herold told reporters atanighttime briefing that one suspect was in
   custody, and that the investigation of the shootings was expected to
   take at least five days.

   District Attorney Michael Dougherty said it was too early tospeculateon
   a motive for the attack.He said Boulder "suffered a terrible and
   horrific mass shooting."

   "These people were 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," Dougherty said."I promise the victims and the
   people of Colorado that we will secure justice and do everything we
   must do to get justice in this case."

   Authorities said efforts to identify the other victims and notify their
   families were ongoing.
   Law enforcement officers stand at the perimeter of a home in Boulder as
   part of their investigation into a shooting at King Soopers grocery
   store, before leaving after finding no connection to the incident, in
   Boulder, Colorado, March 22, 2021.

   Gun debate in Congress
   Mass shootings in the United States rekindle the debate about access to
   guns in the country.The [1]Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to
   hold a hearing Tuesday on "Constitutional andCommon SenseSteps to
   Reduce Gun Violence,"the first of a seriesof hearings plannedto discuss
   steps inreducinggun violence.

   Colorado has been the sight of several mass shootings in recent times,
   including a 2012 attack at a movie theater in Aurora and the 1999
   attack at a school in Columbine.

   Monday's attack comes a week after the killing of eight people at three
   Atlanta-area massage businesses.It was at least the seventh mass
   killing this year in the United States.

References

   1. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-to-hold-hearing-on-proposals-to-reduce-gun-violence

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