{UAH} Boulder shooting suspect’s brother describes him as ‘very anti-social’ as a result of being bullied, believes he had ‘mental illness’

Boulder shooting suspect's brother describes him as 'very anti-social' as a result of being bullied, believes he had 'mental illness'

By PETER SBLENDORIO

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |

MAR 23, 2021 AT 1:38 PM

An ordinary shopping trip turned fatal when a gunman entered King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colo. on Monday, ...

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The brother of the suspect charged with 10 counts of murder in Monday's horrific shooting at a Colorado supermarket said in a new interview that his sibling was not trying to make a "political statement."

Shortly after Boulder Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa on Tuesday, The Daily Beast published a conversation with his brother, Ali Aliwi Alissa.

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"[It was] not at all a political statement, it's mental illness," the 34-year-old Ali told The Daily Beast. "The guy used to get bullied a lot in high school. He was like an outgoing kid but after he went to high school and got bullied a lot, he started becoming anti-social."

Boulder, Colorado, shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is pictured in an undated photo.

He also recalled his brother saying someone was following him while in high school.

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"When he was having lunch with my sister in a restaurant, he said, 'People are in the parking lot, they are looking for me.' She went out, and there was no one," Ali told The Daily Beast. "We didn't know what was going on in his head."

Ten people, including a police officer, were killed in the shooting at the King Sooper grocery store, which cops responded to at about 2:40 p.m. local time Monday.

Boulder, Colorado, shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is pictured in police custody. (Boulder Police Department)

Police said at a press conference Tuesday that gunfire was exchanged after officers arrived, and that the shooter sustained a leg injury. He was taken into custody shortly before 3:30 p.m.

The suspect was identified as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa during the press conference. He has been charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree, police said.

A motive for the shooting has not been determined by authorities.

A person believed to be Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is loaded onto a stretcher after a shooting at a King Sooper's Grocery store on March 22, in Boulder, Colorado. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

On Tuesday, police also named the 10 victims, aged between 20 to 65.

Ahmad previously pleaded guilty in 2018 to an assault charge stemming from a 2017 incident in which he allegedly punched a fellow student who "had made fun of him and called him racial names weeks earlier," Denver news station KDVR reported, citing court documents.

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