Victims of Boulder grocery store massacre are identified

A 25-year-old woman and a father-of-seven police officer are the first victims to be identified after they were gunned down in the Boulder grocery store massacre.

The family of Rikki Olds confirmed that she was among the 10 people killed at a King Soopers outlet in Boulder on Monday afternoon when a gunman opened fire. 

Boulder Police officer Eric Talley, 51, was also among those killed after he responded to the shooting. 

Olds’ family shared several tributes on social media as her grieving relatives called for the gunman to ‘burn in hell’.

‘We lost our beloved Rikki Olds to the monster who shot up the king soopers in Boulder CO yesterday may his rotten a** fry and burn in hell,’ her aunt Lori Olds said. 

Rikki Olds, 25, and father-of-seven police officer Eric Talley are the first victims to be identified after they were gunned down in the Boulder grocery store massacre on Monday

The gunman – who is now in custody – opened fire in the parking lot of the King Soopers grocery store shortly before 3pm on Monday.

He then went inside where witnesses have described him shooting at staff and shoppers. Survivors hid in food aisles and sheltered while trying to listen to which direction he was coming from, and if he was reloading what they described as an AR-15 rifle.  

Police, over radio scanners, told each other to take ‘head shots only’ for fear that he might have been wearing a tactical vest.

The terror went on for around 20 minutes before he was taken into custody.

Police have not yet confirmed whether he is the man who was seen being led out of the store, shirtless and barefoot, with blood dripping down one of his legs.