The case against the manufacturer of the gun used in the 2021 shooting at a Boulder King Soopers is moving forward.
Some victims’ families are suing gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the AR-556 pistol used by the shooter, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, inside and outside the store in March 2021. Ten people — shoppers, workers and a Boulder police officer — were killed.
Alissa was sentenced last year to 10 consecutive life terms plus 1,334 additional years in state prison. But this lawsuit focuses on Ruger’s role — another way of seeking justice, said Eric Tirschwell, executive director of Everytown Law, one of the firms representing the estates…