Supermarket shooting suspect ‘wanted police to kill him’

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March 2021, is led into court in 2021 (David Zalubowski/AP)

The man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket told a mental health evaluator he bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and suggested he wanted police to kill him, a court has been told.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa made the statements at a state mental hospital during an August evaluation which determined he was mentally competent to stand trial, said Loandra Torres, the forensic psychologist who evaluated the 24-year-old suspect.