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March 23, 2021: Processing Trauma After Boulder Shooting; Fighting Childhood Poverty

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Armed and armored police check cars in the parking lot of a King Soopers grocery store on Table Mesa Road in Boulder, on Monday, March 22, 2021, after a gunman opened fire there and killed at least 10 people, including a Boulder Police officer. A man is in police custody after the attack.

A customer says employees helped him and other people reach safety after a man started shooting inside a Boulder grocery store. We talk with a psychologist about processing direct, and indirect, trauma. Then, Sen. Michael Bennet talks about the expanded child tax credit with the goal of reducing childhood poverty. Plus, Purplish on fighting climate change. And remembering an Aurora man who died from COVID-19 through his love of Depeche Mode.