| | He used to post online devotedly, extensively for/about Islam.<ref>Emma Colton, [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/boulder-shooting-suspect-facebook-page shooting suspect praises Islam and laments not having a girlfriend], ''Washington Examiner'', Mar 23, 3021</ref> And in Apr 14, 2019 wrote that he is happy, unlike so many with fake smiles, adding "#stopactinglike a fag."<ref>Shayla Raquel @shaylaleeraquel Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/shaylaleeraquel/status/1374376047341309955?s=20 Mar 23, 2021]):<br> | | He used to post online devotedly, extensively for/about Islam.<ref>Emma Colton, [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/boulder-shooting-suspect-facebook-page shooting suspect praises Islam and laments not having a girlfriend], ''Washington Examiner'', Mar 23, 3021</ref> And in Apr 14, 2019 wrote that he is happy, unlike so many with fake smiles, adding "#stopactinglike a fag."<ref>Shayla Raquel @shaylaleeraquel Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/shaylaleeraquel/status/1374376047341309955?s=20 Mar 23, 2021]):<br> |
| − | Years earlier he threatened to kill "everybody".<ref>https://www.the-sun.com/news/2570676/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-alissa-threatened-to-kill-everybody-after-being-branded-a-terrorist-by-classmate/</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>https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-al-aliwi-alissa/</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>https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/boulder-shooting-suspect-ahmad-al-aliwi-alissa/</ref> |