In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, Scott Ostrem, 47, suspected of fatally shooting three people inside a suburban Denver Walmart, enters a courtroom in Brighton.
The man accused of walking into a Walmart Supercenter in Thornton and killing three people last week was charged on Monday with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Scott Ostrem, 47, appeared in Adams County District Court wearing a yellow-and-white-striped jail uniform. He is accused of randomly firing a gun into the store, striking the victims and causing . He then drove away.
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Scott Ostrem, 47, center, enters a hearing in Adams County court Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, in Brighton. Ostrem is being held for investigation of first-degree murder as the suspect in the killing of three shoppers inside a Thornton Walmart store Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
Ostrem was charged with two counts of murder for each of the three victims. In addition, he was charged with 30 counts of attempted murder, plus one additional charge of a crime of violence. Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Dave Young said more charges could be filed as additional victims are identified. He urged people who were inside the Walmart at the time of the shooting but fled before officers arrived to call police or prosecutors.
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Pam Marques was identified by the Adams County Office of the Coroner as one of three victims killed in a shooting at a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado on Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017. Marques was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was 52 years old.
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Victor Vasquez, one victim of the Thornton Walmart shooting, has a GoFundMe page made in his name.
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Carlos Moreno, a longtime employee at the Auraria Higher Education Center, was one of three killed in a shooting at a Thornton Walmart Tuesday night.
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Pam Marques was identified by the Adams County Office of the Coroner as one of three victims killed in a shooting at a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado on Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017. Marques was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was 52 years old.
If convicted, Ostrem could face the death penalty or life in prison. After the hearing, Young declined to say whether he would seek the death penalty, and he declined to speak about the gunman’s motivation.
Ostrem, whose arms and legs were shackled, said nothing in court on Monday, beyond saying “yes” when the judge asked him whether he understood his rights.
The judge set a preliminary hearing for 9 a.m. on Feb. 5.
Ostrem remained at-large for 14 hours until he was in Westminster. Ostrem had walked off his job at a sheet metal company earlier Wednesday.
Ostrem first appeared in court Friday, when Adams County Judge Ted C. Tow advised him of his rights, appointed public defenders and explained the criminal court process. He was ordered held without bond.
At the time, Young asked for more time to file charges, but Tow ordered him to meet the 72-hour deadline required by state law.
Young can amend the charges later.
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The Fobb family Angelique 13, Jason Fobb, Destiney 9, Marlena Fobb. Marlena Fobb is hugged by her daughter Destiney 9, as she tells her story of being in the check-out line with her husband Jason next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
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Scott Ostrem
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Scott Ostrem in 2013
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Scott Ostrem in 2014
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Rochelle Ginsner holds her daughter Danielle Carey, 16, an employee, after they were released from the parking lot at Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Walmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Darlene Jackson sits on an overturned shopping cart as she and fellow shoppers and employees gather outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees Jose Delgado and Alexandra Adams stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police at shooting in Walmart on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Witnesses walk from a bus to Thornton Civic Center after two men were killed during a shooting inside the Walmart Super Center iNovember 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Family and friends wait on a hill to hear word from their loved ones as emergency crews and police patrol the grounds of the Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017
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A father and son, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Employees gather together outside away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on November 1, 2017 in Thornton, Colorado. Two people were killed and one taken to the hospital after a shooting that started just around 6:00pm.
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Police officers help a disabled man leave the parking lot outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A Thornton police officer gives instructions to people as they stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Walmart employees and customers that were inside the store wait to hear what to do from police as they stand behind police tape outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Walmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A Thornton police officer watches as people are instructed to leave the parking lot after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton.
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People stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees exit the parking lot after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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People stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees and shoppers are released from a holding area in the Walmart lot. Emergency crews and police on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 during a shooting.
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A man in a Rascal is helped out of the parking lot as shoppers and employees gather outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton.
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Bystanders on a hill at 98th and Grant across the street from a shooting investigation at a Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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People are escorted out after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Onlookers watch police activity at the scene of a shooting inside the Walmart at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart Super Center in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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A young girl walks through the parking lot away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A father and his scared daughter, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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THORNTON, CO - OCTOBER 1 - A father and his scared daughter, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on November 1, 2017 in Thornton, Colorado. Two people were killed and one taken to the hospital after a shooting that started just around 6:00pm.
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Adams County Sheriff on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 talking to witnesses after a shooting inside the store.
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People are taken away from the Walmart on a bus on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton after a shooting inside the store.
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Police guard the front entrance to Walmart where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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The Fobb family Angelique 13, Jason Fobb, Destiney 9, Marlena Fobb. Marlena Fobb is hugged by her daughter Destiney 9, as she tells her story of being in the check-out line with her husband Jason next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
