What we know about the Pearl Street attack in Boulder
The man who attacked eight people Sunday afternoon on Boulder s Pearl Street Mall is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder according to jail records State and federal investigators have not approved publicly if any of the casualties died from their injuries Mohamed Sabry Soliman was booked into Boulder County Jail late Sunday night on suspicion of seven felonies including murder and assault and is being held on a million bond according to jail records Soliman was living in Colorado illegally at the time of the attack according to Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Defense Tricia McLaughlin He entered the U S in August on a visa that expired in February McLaughlin reported in a Monday morning message on social media She commented Soliman filed for asylum in September but didn t specify that motion s status FBI agents were in El Paso County where Soliman was living on Sunday night conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity related to the Pearl Street inquiry according to agency agents The casualties were identified Sunday night as four men and four women between the ages of and according to Boulder police and the Federal Bureau of Examination Boulder functionaries mentioned at least four casualties were sent to the Boulder Locality Strength hospital on Sunday The UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital s burn unit was treating three patients Monday morning according to spokeswoman Alli Witzman Updates on the casualties conditions were not available Monday morning What happened during the Sunday attack The attack which federal functionaries have characterized as a targeted act of violence and terrorism happened at p m on Boulder s Pearl Street Mall as the city s chapter of Run for Their Lives arrived outside the Boulder County Historic Courthouse during their weekly demonstration walk Run for Their Lives is a national movement calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by the terrorist group Hamas Related Articles Woman arrested for threatening Boulder school group gave false name to police More people died in police chases in this Denver suburb than in the state s biggest cities Conviction in Boulder murder thrown out over flawed DNA work by Missy Woods Boulder NAACP chapter to shut down citing city s efforts to suppress and undermine push for racial equity New DNA testing in Boulder murder supports innocence claim defense attorney says Soliman threw an incendiary device into the crowd and used a makeshift flamethrower to light people on fire federal personnel commented Mark Michalek special agent in charge of the FBI s Denver field office stated Soliman yelled Free Palestine during the attack The attack happened just before the Jewish holiday of Shavuot which began at sundown on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a message Monday to the Associated Press saying he his wife and the entire nation of Israel were praying for the full recovery of the people wounded in the vicious terror attack in Colorado This attack was aimed against peaceful people who wished to express their solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas totally because they were Jews Netanyahu explained Police in Boulder evacuated multiple blocks of the pedestrian mall during the scrutiny As of a m Monday the block remained closed police declared This is a advancing story and will be updated Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
