One year later: the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting. A disturbed man killed two people, Jo Acker and Roberto Padilla Arguelles, and injured many others before taking his own life.

In the days and weeks that followed the shooting the stories of what happened that day began to unfold.

An Apple employee rushed shoppers into a supply closet to keep them safe before they were let out a back door and hurried to their vehicles.

Two Boise Police Officers can be seen in the body-cam video released by BPD chasing after the shooter. One bullet shot through the windshield of a cruiser sending shattered glass into the face of one officer, and the bullet through the brim of his baseball cap.

One officer who returned fire at the shooter was under investigation for the use of lethal force, a common practice anytime an Officer fires their weapon in the line of duty. The Twin Falls Prosecuting Attorney, Grant P. Loebs determined that the officer was “not only lawfully attempting to apprehend a violent felon and defend other Law Enforcement Officers but was acting in self-defense and to stop an ongoing shooting spree which had taken the lives of two citizens and was a threat to the lives of others.”

The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being rushed to the emergency room.

Then Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said "The shooting at the mall was a shocking crime, happening in broad daylight at a place many of us have visited without incident. The end result was horrifying. Two people, Jo Acker and Roberto Padilla Arguelles lost their lives, multiple others were injured, and many more feared for their safety and the safety of their loved ones. Healing will take time."

UPDATE:

Boise Mayor Lauren Mclean reflected on the one-year anniversary in an interview with our own Marcos Guadarrama:

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