The 20th Judicial Attorney’s Office said in August that Alissa had been restored to competency. Prosecutors said the Colorado Department of Human Services determined the suspect is now competent to proceed in the case.

“According to CDHS, it is because of ‘consistent medication compliance’ and the recent addition of a new drug that Defendant is now competent,” the District Attorney’s Office wrote in a court filing last month. 

A forensic psychologist who performed competency evaluations for Alissa at the Pueblo facility said he told her in August that he had experienced hallucinations on the day of the attack.

The psychologist, Dr. Loandra Torres, said in her testimony in Boulder District Court that Alissa told her he bought guns to commit a mass shooting and planned to attempt suicide by cop.

The Court notes that, though Defendant is currently competent to proceed, all of his treatment providers and evaluators agree that his competency remains tenuous and that he is likely to rapidly decompensate and regress if he stops taking his medication,” according to Bakke’s ruling. “The Court takes particular note of the fact that, in June 2023, Defendant specifically said that if he were found to be competent and is returned to jail that he would stop taking his medication. Defendant backed up this assertion by refusing to take his medication during his brief stay at the Boulder County Jail while awaiting his appearance for this restoration hearing.”

Therefore the judge ordered the defendant stay in the custody of the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo. 

“It is this Court’s understanding the Boulder County Jail does not have the qualified staff and equipment to force the Defendant to take his medication if he refuses,” Bakke wrote. “While the Court acknowledges it does not have the authority to order Defendant remain housed at CMHIP after he is found to be competent to proceed, it strongly urges CMHIP retain him, nonetheless.”

The 10 people killed in the shooting were: 

• Denny Stong, 20
• Neven Stanisic, 23
• Rikki Olds, 25
• Tralona Bartkowiak, 49
• Suzanne Fountain, 59
• Teri Leiker, 51
• Officer Eric Talley, 51
• Kevin Mahoney, 61
• Lynn Murray, 62
• Jody Waters, 65