The Denver Gazette: The Boulder County District Attorney’s office has requested a judge unseal all search warrants and requests for records by law enforcement in the case against the man accused in the 2021 King Soopers mass shooting in Boulder — but keep them hidden from public view until the criminal case concludes.

In an Oct. 26 motion, prosecutors wrote they seek to have the warrants and requests unsealed because the law enforcement investigation has largely finished and the case is moving forward. But they fear investigation of information in the records and interviews of witnesses by the press or other members of the public would taint the case’s potential jury pool. 

“Wherefore, the People request that court unseal all warrants and requests related to this matter, but because defendant’s right to a fair trial and an impartial jury in this matter is paramount, this court should issue an order in accord with Rule 55.1(a)(6) and ultimately determine that the warrants and requests should remain inaccessible to the public until the jury trial in this case is held and the prosecution of defendant is completed,” prosecutors wrote in the motion.

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