Ahmad Alissa was a 'loner' who 'never had a girlfriend', reveals brother-in-law: 'He was known to be stupid'
The Boulder shooting suspect's family have revealed that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who is now charged with 10 counts of murder, was a "loner" who never had a girlfriend and lived in the basement of his parent's huge home. Colorado cops charged Ahmad for allegedly rampaging through a grocery store with an AR-15-style rifle.
Latest reports now reveal that the mass shooter was a "loner". Ahmad's brother-in-law Usame Almusa, who is married to his sister Aicha, has recently made some revelations about the 21-year-old's "strange" behaviour.
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'A loner'
Among the many details that have come to light about Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa's personal life, it is now revealed that he was not a sociable person. “Every time I visited my wife’s family he would always sit away from everyone else, not saying anything to anyone," he said of how Ahmad acted when he and his wife saw him. "He was a loner, just sitting to the side, not with us. It was strange."
In addition to this "strange" behavior, "He lived with his family and lived in the basement at their home. He works with his family, his brothers, at their restaurant. There was never a girlfriend and not many friends. He has a reputation for being stupid, not smart. He was not like a proper Muslim, I don’t know what kind of Muslim he was. He did not go to the mosque I go to."
Family "had no idea"
Alissa lived with his parents in the basement of their $800,000 seven-bed, six-bathroom home in Arvada. As per his brother-in-law's latest revelations, Alissa worked at his brother’s nearby restaurant, The Sultan Grill — it has been shut since the attack early this week.
According to reports, Moustafa, Alissa’s father, is so distraught by the killing spree his son embarked on that he “has nearly died from the crying.” His family reportedly "have no idea" what led him to allegedly carrying out the attack at the King Soopers grocery store.
"I do not know what happened with this guy to make him do this. We just don’t know what made him go so crazy. I wish we knew," Usame said according to reports. "This is terrible for the family, for the victims, for America. His father has almost died from the crying. His mother, Hadija, his sisters, my wife, his brothers, are all crying."
Family initially thought he was the victim
His brother-in-law has revealed that the family initially thought he was one of the victims. "A member of my wife’s family called her on Monday; they said ‘your brother, he has died, he has been killed. She rushed over the family home to find out what had happened. My wife called me from there and said Ahmad had been shot and murdered. It was crazy, we were all distraught."
"She said she was going to stay with her family and that she couldn’t come home and she told me to stay here, at our home. After two hours she called me and said he had not died, he was the one who did the killing. She was crying, she was upset, she just didn’t know what had happened."
According to an arrest affidavit released on Tuesday, Alissa allegedly bought the assault rifle six days before the shooting. Denny Strong, 20, Neven Stoanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Teri Leiker, 51, Officer Eric Talley, 51, Kevin Mahoney, 61, Lynn Murray, 62, Jody Waters, 65 were the 10 victims.