Authorities are investigating a “targeted terror attack” in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
“We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,” Patel said on X. “Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”
At 2:08 p.m. local time, the Boulder Police Department said in a post on X that they were responding to a report of several victims in the area of 13th and Pearl streets in Boulder, about 30 miles northwest of Denver. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said it was supporting the county and was prepared to provide resources as requested.
About an hour later, the police department said it was evacuating several blocks around the area between Walnut and Pine streets as they continued “to investigate this active incident.” Police advised the public to avoid the area.
No other details about the incident or the victims were immediately available.
USA TODAY reached out to the Boulder Police Department for additional information.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said on X that the state was working with local and federal law enforcement to support the investigation.
“I am closely monitoring the situation in Boulder, and my thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror,” Polis said in the post. “Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable.”
The Anti-Defamation League said it was monitoring the situation “as we approach the holiday of Shavuot.”
“We are aware of reports of an attack at today’s Boulder Run for Their Lives event – a weekly meeting of Jewish community members to run/walk in support of the hostages kidnapped on 10/7,” the organization said on X.
According to Jewishcolorado, a Denver-based non-profit that is part of the Jewish Federations of North America, the Run for Their Lives walk is a repeating event in downtown Boulder.
“We have been walking in Boulder, CO since Thanksgiving 2023 to show solidarity for the plight of the hostages still being held in Gaza,” according to the organization’s website. “We will continue to walk until all hostages are released.”
