The man accused in the Boulder King Soopers shooting had his jury trial pushed back to September.
In November, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 10 counts of first-degree murder, 47 counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, 10 counts of felony possession of a prohibited large capacity magazine, and 47 crime of violence sentence enhancers in connection with the shooting in March 2021.
Alissa was set for a three-week trial with one week of jury selection starting Aug. 5, with a week-long motions hearing starting June 3.
But following a status hearing Tuesday, defense attorney Sam Dunn requested the trial be continued until the spring of 2025. The request was met with audible gasps from the victim’s families who sat in the courtroom.
Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said he strongly objected to the continuance saying that the proceedings had tremendous and traumatic impacts on the victim’s families.
Boulder Chief Judge Ingrid Bakke did grant a continuance, but not to the extent requested by defense attorneys. Alissa is now set for trial starting on Sept. 9, with a motions hearing on June 4.
Alissa, 25, is currently in custody at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo on a $100 million bond.
Alissa was deemed legally competent and capable to proceed with trial on Oct. 6.
In January, Bakke ordered the state hospital to begin providing bi-weekly reports on its progress evaluating Alissa after the Colorado Department of Human Services requested a four-month extension to complete an evaluation of Alissa following not guilty by reason of insanity plea.
According to an arrest affidavit, police were called to the King Soopers at 3600 Table Mesa Drive at 2:40 p.m. March 22, 2021, for a report of an armed man who had shot a person in a vehicle in the store’s parking lot and was inside the store.
