Six people were injured at a scheduled pro-Israel gathering in Boulder, Colorado when a man shouted ‘free Palestine' before attacking the gathering with a ‘makeshift flamethrower’ and 'Molotov cocktails’, US authorities say.
00:15He's wearing an orange suit with something on his back.
00:20He's spraying alcohol, too.
00:22He's spraying alcohol, but with his head, he made it look like he would care to him.
00:25He's drinking molotov tacos.
00:27What about 1.26 p.m. today?
00:32At that time, Boulder Dispatch received several calls to the county courthouse located at 1325 Pearl Street here in Boulder.
00:42The initial callers indicated that there was a man with a weapon and that people were being set on fire.
00:48The initial response by our officers, we were on scene very quickly.
00:53When we arrived, we encountered multiple victims that were injured with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries.
01:03While our officers and paramedics and fire department personnel got those victims quickly to the hospital, our officers were pointed out.
01:12A suspect was pointed out to our officers on the scene.
01:15Our officers immediately encountered that suspect who was taken into custody without incident.
01:21That suspect, who I'm not able to ID at this time, was taken to the hospital with some minor injuries as well.
01:28And there's a lot more we're investigating right now before I'm able to release information on that person.
01:33What I will say, lastly, is this was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in downtown Boulder on Pearl Street.
01:41And this act is unacceptable.
01:43I hope you'll join me this evening as we're working through this investigation.
01:48We are working, I just came from the command post.
01:51We've got dozens and dozens of people here, our state, local and federal partners, working through this to figure out exactly what happened.
01:58I ask for a little bit of patience as we do that, but also I ask that you join me in thinking about our victims, the families of those victims, and everyone involved in this tragedy.
02:08Our hearts go out to them, and we are going to do everything we can to work as hard as we can throughout the evening to provide more information and get answers for everyone.
