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Colorado shooting suspect passed background check during gun purchase

By Mike Brest
Published March 26, 2021 5:02pm ET
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Colorado shooting suspect passed background check during gun purchase
This undated photo provided by the Boulder Police Department shows Colorado shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. Alissa has been identified as the suspect in Monday, March 22, 2021 shooting rampage at a grocery store in Boulder. | Boulder Police Department via AP

The man accused of killing people near and inside a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store passed a background check.

John Mark Eagleton, owner of Eagles Nest Armory in the Denver suburb of Arvada, said the alleged shooter, who has been identified as Ahmad al Aliwi Alissa, 21, purchased the firearm lawfully.

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