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Slain Colorado officer, father of seven, sought new life away from front line dangers

Slain Colorado officer, father of seven, sought new life away from front line dangers

ALEXANDRA ULMER A U.S. police officer killed in a mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket on Monday had seven children and had been looking for a new job in order to protect his family, his father said. The shooting in Boulder, Colorado, left nine other people dead while a suspect injured in the violence was arrested, authorities told a news conference late on Monday. Officer Eric Talley was the first on the scene, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said, lauding his intervention as "heroic." Talley, 51, had joined the police just over a decade ago and had been looking to…
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Colorado supermarket shooter kills 10, including police officer

Colorado supermarket shooter kills 10, including police officer

ALYSON McCLARAN and KEITH COFFMAN A gunman has opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied suspect was arrested in the second deadly U.S. mass shooting in a week. 51-year-old policeman Eric Talley Police gave few immediate details of the latest shooting and no known motive for the violence, which unfolded at about 3 p.m. at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, a north-central Colorado city at the eastern foot of the Rockies, about 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Denver. Frantic shoppers…
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