“It was going to happen eventually”: A popular lunchtime spot for Boulder students is now marred by gun violence – By Erica Breunlin (Colorado Sun) / April 2 2021
For Fairview High students, King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive was a “go-to place” to hang out with friends. Now, they wonder if they’ll ever feel safe there again.
Before COVID-19, the sound of the midday bell at Fairview High School often cued Kristin Jeong to get ready to run. She had friends to meet and a crowd of classmates to beat down the street to grab a bus seat.
Kristin, a sophomore, would regularly beeline to the RTD bus stop in front of the south Boulder school, where students waited to board the 206, competing for a seat before the bus reached capacity. Their destination was just a 10-minute ride away: the King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive where 10 people were shot to death by a gunman last week.
A crime scene has replaced the spot where students once flocked with friends, where they sipped on Refreshers from the Starbucks inside, roamed the aisles in search of sushi, chips and Gatorade, and got a reprieve from their schoolwork. And the parking lot they used to parade across without a second thought now is guarded by a chain link fence, woven top to bottom with bouquets of flowers from the community.
The shooting in Boulder has marred a rite of passage as important to students as getting their driver’s license and going to prom: the freedom of being able to venture off campus for lunch.
And return to school alive.
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