| | Years earlier he threatened to kill "everybody".<ref>Jon Lockett Grant Hodgson, [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2570676/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-alissa-threatened-to-kill-everybody-after-being-branded-a-terrorist-by-classmate/ HE WAS SCARY' Boulder suspect Ahmad Alissa had temper like a ‘demon’ & ‘threatened to KILL EVERYONE’ after being branded ‘terrorist’] ''The Sun'', Mar 25 2021</ref> He was arrested in 2017 for violently attacking a classmate. | | Years earlier he threatened to kill "everybody".<ref>Jon Lockett Grant Hodgson, [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2570676/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-alissa-threatened-to-kill-everybody-after-being-branded-a-terrorist-by-classmate/ HE WAS SCARY' Boulder suspect Ahmad Alissa had temper like a ‘demon’ & ‘threatened to KILL EVERYONE’ after being branded ‘terrorist’] ''The Sun'', Mar 25 2021</ref> He was arrested in 2017 for violently attacking a classmate. |
| − | He portrayed himself as a victim. “He would talk about him being Muslim and how if anybody tried anything, he would file a hate crime and say they were making it up,” witness said.<ref>Shelly Bradbury, [https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-al-aliwi-alissa/ Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was short-tempered, violent, former teammates say] ''Mercury News'', Mar 26, 2021</ref> | + | He portrayed himself as a victim. “He would talk about him being Muslim and how if anybody tried anything, he would file a hate crime and say they were making it up,” witness said.<ref>S Bradbury, C Swanson, J Meyer & N Phillips, [https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-al-aliwi-alissa/ Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was short-tempered, violent, former teammates say] ''Mercury News'', Mar 26, 2021</ref> |
| | The family emigrated from [[Syria]] in 2002. Ahmad has been living with his parents in Arvada, CO.<ref>https://www.the-sun.com/news/2569808/boulder-shooter-ahmad-alissas-family-victim/</ref> | | The family emigrated from [[Syria]] in 2002. Ahmad has been living with his parents in Arvada, CO.<ref>https://www.the-sun.com/news/2569808/boulder-shooter-ahmad-alissas-family-victim/</ref> |