Jury Selection Begins in High-Profile 2021 Colorado Supermarket Shooting Trial

The long-delayed trial of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, charged with murdering 10 people in a Colorado supermarket in 2021, is set to begin. Key to the defense is proving Alissa's insanity at the time of the shooting. Alissa, deemed competent for trial, has been in custody since the incident.

Jury selection is set to commence on Monday for the long-delayed trial of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of murdering 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021. The suspect was previously ruled mentally unfit to face prosecution but later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The trial's outcome will depend on whether the defense can persuade jurors that Alissa, 25, was so mentally ill during the mass shooting that he could not distinguish right from wrong, thus absolving him of legal responsibility for the killings. Alissa entered the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder on March 22, 2021, armed with a legally purchased Ruger AR-556 pistol.

In the incident, Alissa killed two people in the parking lot before fatally shooting eight others inside the supermarket, including a responding police officer. The shooting ended when a police officer shot Alissa in the leg, leading to his surrender. Alissa has been in custody since the day of the shooting and now faces 10 counts of first-degree murder, along with numerous attempted murder, assault, and weapons charges.

(With inputs from agencies.)