Colorado mass shooting shakes United States

Colorado mass shooting shakes United States and also sparked new calls for political action to tighten gun control in the United States.

The latest mass shooting in a Colorado grocery store pushed Americans in a state of shock on Monday.

Colorado mass shooting shakes United States

The U.S. witnessed its second deadly mass shooting in a week.

It occurred at a Boulder King Soopers grocery store and killed 10 people.

Less than a week earlier, eight people had been killed by a lone gunman at Atlanta-area spas.

Police identified the suspect in the Monday shooting as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa of Arvada, a suburb of Denver about 20 miles from Boulder.

Police said the suspect, who was wounded in his right leg, had been taken into police custody.

He was charged with 10 counts of first degree murder, though officials offered no details on his motive.

Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty vowed that “the killer’s name will live in infamy.”

The top Democrat in the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, weighed in on the Colorado shooting.

Furthermore, she called for urgent action against the “epidemic of gun violence.”

Second mass killing in a week

In a statement, she said that for the second time in a week, our nation is being confronted by the epidemic of gun violence.

She lamented too many families in too many places are being forced to endure this unfathomable pain and anguish.

She underlined the need for action now to prevent this scourge from continuing to ravage our communities.

Meanwhile, a Senate Judiciary Committee will conduct hearing on the subject of gun violence Tuesday.

That comes as the first of a series of hearings to examine proposals to reduce gun violence.

Senate Judiciary spokeswoman Jenna Valle-Riestra on Monday tweeted on the issue.

She said it’s not ‘timely’ that the Senate is having a hearing on gun violence prevention tomorrow.

Moreover, she noted the point had it that gun violence remains so common that we can schedule a hearing on a random date. But that ends up within a week of two mass shootings.

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