Colorado city marks anniversary of deadly supermarket attack

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — With flowers, a moment of silence and a public remembrance for those who died and those still grieving, Colorado residents marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of a shooting at a busy supermarket in the college town of Boulder that left 10 people dead, including employees, customers and a veteran police officer.

The March 22, 2021, attack at a King Soopers grocery close to the Rocky Mountain foothills shocked a state that has seen its share of mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine high school massacre and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.

With the slogan “Boulder Strong," residents and elected officials sought to rally a community still searching for answers about why last year's attack happened.

“Let today serve as a reminder that moving forward doesn’t mean leaving those we’ve lost behind," Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement. “We must never forget the Colorado spirit of strength and resilience demonstrated in our darkest hours.”

The city, home to the University of Colorado, called for a communitywide moment of silence at 2:30 p.m. MDT, about the time a lone gunman opened fire at the store. Polis and others gathered with residents Tuesday evening for a public remembrance in a park downtown.

Flowers adorned a police car parked in front of the Boulder Police Department headquarters with a large photo portrait of Officer Eric Talley, who was shot and killed after rushing into the store with an initial team of police officers. The 51-year-old father of seven left his career as an information technology worker a decade before after feeling a calling to become a police officer.

The nine others killed inside and outside the supermarket were Denny Stong, Neven Stanisic, Rikki Olds, Tralona Bartkowiak, Teri Leiker, Suzanne Fountain,...