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Witness who locked eyes with suspect says incident was "easily the most horrific thing" he's seen

From CNN's Mark Morales

Brian Horwitz was sitting in a cafe having brunch with his family when screams and chaos from an attack at a Jewish community event nearby, interrupted their meal.

Horwitz, who is from Denver, was in the area to show his teenage niece and nephew the University of Colorado campus in hope that they’d enroll there, he told CNN.

Instead, the 37-year-old jumped from the table and ran toward the suspect.

“‘F*** you Zionists. You’re killing my people so I kill you,’” Horwitz said he heard the man, now identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman said.

The attacker then singled out people in the plaza saying “’you’re a killer, you’re a killer,’” Horwitz said.

Horwitz said the attacker then locked eyes with him.

“That’s when he looked at me and said you’re a killer,” Horwitz, recalled.

Horwitz called 911, he said, and remembers hearing screams from other witnesses, while most of the injured victims were silent.

Not knowing how best to help, he followed the lead of others who grabbed buckets and poured water over people’s burns. Horwitz said he found one elderly victim with severe burns to her feet and hands who told him to worry about her friend instead, he said.

“She was looking at me and saying ‘please help her. Put the water on her,’” Horwitz said. The victim’s friend was lying face down on the pavement with severe burns to her calf, the skin barely visible. “She was cool, calm and collected - almost as if she had been there before,” Horwitz said.

Three minutes after Horwitz called emergency services, police arrived and took the suspect into custody, Horwitz said, noting the wait felt like an eternity.

“It was easily the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Horwitz said. “There’s someone who is outraged enough to go and attack these elderly people who are doing absolutely nothing to provoke it other than walk in silence and meet in a courtyard peacefully. It’s unbelievable.”

Horwitz, who is back in Denver now said after the weekend’s incident, he’s left to process his own rage and fear.

“I can never in my entire life think of another time where I wish I had a gun on me to try and take this guy out in a safe way for everyone else and myself included rather than rushing this guy and potentially risking my life for that,” Horwitz said. “It’s a feeling of helplessness.”

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Some people have to learn the hard way.

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“I can never in my entire life think of another time where I wish I had a gun on me to try and take this guy out in a safe way for everyone else and myself included rather than rushing this guy and potentially risking my life for that,” Horwitz said. “It’s a feeling of helplessness.”

Some people have to learn the hard way.

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CBI: ‘Colorado’s firearm background check system worked’ with Boulder terror suspect

by: Heather Willard
Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 06:06 PM MDT
Updated: Jun 4, 2025 / 10:17 AM MDT

"The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is shedding light on how an Egyptian national living in Colorado Springs was denied a firearm purchase before a firebombing attack on a pro-Israel group on Sunday.

CBI Strategic Communications Director Rob Low said CBI was able to confirm that Soliman attempted to purchase a handgun at Scheels All Sports in Colorado Springs on Nov. 22, 2024.

“Colorado’s firearm background check system worked as designed when it comes to the actions of accused Boulder terrorism suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman,” Low said. “His application was processed through the CBI InstaCheck system, and shortly thereafter, Soliman’s attempted purchase was denied...”

Complete article:

https://kdvr.com/news/local/cb...lder-terror-suspect/

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Why was he not arrested for lying on a 4473?...

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CBI: ‘Colorado’s firearm background check system worked’ with Boulder terror suspect

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Originally posted by Gustofer:...
THERE It Is! Biden Appointed Judge Rules Trump Admin Can't Deport Family of Boulder, CO Terrorist...)