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Boise resident Mary Alyce Scarbrough was said to have been suffering from a mental health crisis during the shooting.

On Oct. 29 The organization Poder of Idaho hosted a Trunk or Treat event at the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho in Nampa and dedicated an altar for Día de Los Muertos to honor the victims of the Boise mall shooting.

Authorities say a bullet struck the brim of a baseball-style cap worn by a Boise, Idaho, police officer who exchanged gunfire with the gunman in Monday’s shooting at the city’s largest shopping mall that killed two people

BOISE (AP) — Authorities have said a bullet struck the brim of a baseball-style cap worn by a Boise, Idaho, police officer who exchanged gunfire with the gunman in Monday’s shooting at the city’s largest shopping mall that killed two people. In a statement Friday, authorities identified the officer as Chris Dance, who joined the […]

Go figure: Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally.

Acker was killed when she confronted a gunman at Boise Towne Square Mall.

"Really love everybody. Take care of them because you really don't know when you say goodbye in the morning and they're not coming back home the next day."

One of the two people killed in Monday's shooting was 26-year-old Jo Acker, a woman who worked as a security guard at the Boise mall.

The update follows the identification of the shooter, 27-year-old Jacob Bergquist, who Lee said police had contact with in the past.

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — They signed posters. They left flowers. They sang. And they listened. Perhaps most important, they talked about the unthinkable event that happened in their city this week and sought some comfort in each other, and heard that “it is OK to not be OK” right now. Three days after a shooting […]