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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Colorado Springs gay club shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged Monday with five counts of murder and five counts of committing a hate crime </strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>Five people were killed, <strong>25 people were injured</strong> when a gunman armed with <strong>AR-15-style rifle</strong> opened fire inside a gay in Colorado Springs, late Saturday night </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, reportedly, entered Club Q just before midnight and fired an unknown number of rounds before he was tackled to the ground by two patrons </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>Aldrich is now in protective custody at a local hospital for unknown injuries </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>He was previously arrested for making a bomb threat in June 2021</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>This is the 27th mass shooting to take place in the US in November alone </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2222;font-size:14px"><strong>It occurred on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is observed annually to honor the memory of trans people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-trans violence. </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Anderson-Lee-Aldrich-8.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422848" width="842" height="701"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Colorado Springs gay club shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged Monday with five counts of murder and five counts of committing a hate crime </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p> Colorado gay club shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich along with video he filmed of himself threatening to blow his mother&#8217;s house to &#8216;holy hell&#8217; a year ago.<br>Alleged Colorado &#8216;Gay club shooter&#8217; Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged Monday with five counts of murder and five counts of committing a hate crime. <br>He was taken into custody on Saturday, after he allegedly opened fire in Club Q a gay club in Colorado Springs, just before midnight, murdering five people and injuring others. <br>The club&#8217;s owners say he arrived with &#8216;tremendous firepower&#8217; &#8211; an AR-15 rifle, six magazines of ammo and a handgun. Patrons used the handgun he was carrying to beat him to the ground until police arrived. The sheriff&#8217;s department has not yet released his mugshot. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Club-Q-in-Colorado-Springs-ID..png" alt="" class="wp-image-422774" width="843" height="566"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Five people were killed and 25 were injured after shots were fired inside Club Q [photo] in Colorado Springs just before midnight on Saturday </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A 22-year-old gunman was taken into police custody early Sunday morning after two heroic clubgoers tackled him to the ground to stop him from firing more rounds at a gay nightclub in Colorado. The gunman entered Club Q in Colorado Springs just before midnight and began shooting. Club patrons were able to stop the gunman, police say. The suspect is in custody.<br>Authorities say the shooter later identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich entered the gay club just before midnight and fired an unknown number of bullets from his AR-15-style long rifle before he was stopped by at least two &#8216;heroic&#8217; patrons.<br>Early reports suggest the gunman was wearing bulletproof armor at the time. Five people died in the shooting and 25 others were injured.<br>Commending the heroic action of those who tackled the gunman, Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said at a news conference Sunday morning, &#8216;They&#8217;re actions clearly saved lives,&#8217; while noting that another firearm was found on the scene. The chief confirmed that five people had died and at least 25 people had been injured in the bloody incident.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-42.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422778" width="838" height="537"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>A memorial was set up outside the gay nightclub on Sunday, with bouquets of flowers left at the scene</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>FBI agents are now assisting Colorado Springs police with the investigation, which ;Lieutenant Pamela Castro told the media is in the preliminary stage.<br>They say it is too early to determine if the shooting was a targeted hate crime. ;<br>But the mass shooting has prompted even pro-gun advocate Rep. Lauren Boebert to say: &#8216;This lawless violence needs to end and end quickly.&#8217; ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Adrian-Vasquez-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422779"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Colorado Springs ;police chief, Adrian Vasquez, [photo], said Anderson Lee Aldrich entered Club Q just before midnight and fired an unknown amount of bullets from his long rifle before he was stopped by at least two &#8216;heroic&#8217; patrons who tackled him to the ground</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Colorado Springs ;police say Anderson Lee Aldrich entered Club Q just before midnight and fired an unknown amount of bullets from his long rifle before he was stopped by at least two &#8216;heroic&#8217; patrons who tackled him to the ground. <br>Colorado Springs police received initial reports of an active shooting at the club around 11.57pm on Saturday night. ;The first officers arrived on the scene within three minutes of the call.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Authorities in Colorado Springs say Anderson Aldrich had used a long rifle in the massacre, and another firearm was found at the scene</strong></p>



<p>Within minutes Anderson now in protective custody, is being treated at a nearby medical facility for injuries sustained during the bloodshed. <br>The victims, some in critical condition, were transported to three nearby hospitals.<br>Images from the scene showed multiple security and emergency vehicles with flashing blinkers parked on a street near the venue. ;More than 30 firefighters and 11 ambulances responded to the scene, according to the ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/20/club-q-shootins-colorado-springs/" target="_blank">Colorado Sun</a>.<br>Clothes were seen strewn along the street Sunday morning, as police continued to scour the site for any evidence.<br>Police did not give any information on the motivation behind the attack.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Club-Q-in-Colorado-Springs-morning-after-shooting-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422785"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Discarded items of clothing were still strewn around the street in the aftermath of the shooting at Club Q Sunday morning</strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Multiple emergency vehicles rush towards Colorado shooting scene</strong></p>



<p>Reports from local media said the suspect, a Colorado Springs resident, was previously arrested for making a bomb threat in June 2021. The shooting comes one year after then 21-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich was arrested for making a bomb threat in Colorado Springs.<br>Residents of the Lorson Ranch neighborhood reported to the sheriff&#8217;s office at the time that Aldrich had a homemade bomb, multiple weapons and ammunition. ;<br>Nearly 10 homes were evacuated in the aftermath, ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2021/06/19/bomb-threat-in-lorson-ranch-neighborhood-friday-night/" target="_blank">KRDO ;</a>reported at the time, but no bombs were found at the scene.<br>Authorities said at the time that he refused to comply with deputy&#8217;s demands to surrender, and was booked into the El Paso County Jail facing two counts of felony menacing and three ; counts of first-degree kidnapping. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Club-Q-in-Colorado-Springs-logo-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422791"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Club Q describes itself as an &#8216;adult-oriented gay and lesbian nightclub hosting theme nights such as karaoke, drag shows &; DJs&#8217;</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-46.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422808"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Statement from Club Q sad it was &#8216;devastated by the senseless attack on our community&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Club Q describes itself online as an &#8216;adult-oriented gay and lesbian nightclub hosting theme nights such as karaoke, drag shows &; DJs.&#8217;<br>The club was scheduled to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday &#8216;with a variety of gender identities and performance styles,&#8217; following an all-ages musical drag brunch that morning.<br>An online review called Club Q a &#8216;fun, inclusive place to hang out,&#8217; with one visitor saying &#8216;everyone is so freaking kind,&#8217; while another said that they were &#8216;glad to see a good queer space in Colorado Springs.&#8217;<br>On its Facebook page, a statement from Club Q sad it was &#8216;devastated by the senseless attack on our community.&#8217;<br>&#8216;Our prays (sic) and thoughts are with all the victims and their families and friends,&#8217; the club wrote.<br>&#8216;We thank the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.&#8217;<br>Frequent clubgoers posted their shock about the shooting on Facebook, with one woman writing: &#8216;My heart goes out to my Colorado Springs family. My Colorado Springs Drag sisters.<br>&#8216;I ; ;cannot believe this is happening in a place we call a safe space we had that taken from us tonight. My heart is shattered,&#8217; ;Carzsa Maestas wrote.<br>&#8216;Club Q is where I started by Drag career. It’s my home bar. This is absolutely beyond devastating and I pray to God that everyone there tonight is OK.&#8217;</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joshua was inside Club Q when the gunman entered. He ran and hid. Heard the gunman being “beat up.” Tells <a href="https://twitter.com/BeedieonTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeedieonTV</a> “This was our only safe space in The Springs. Where are we gonna go?”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClubQ?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClubQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZkijarxZoc">pic.twitter.com/ZkijarxZoc</a></p>&mdash; Josh Helmuth KRDO13 (@Jhelmuth) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jhelmuth/status/1594365976820080640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>“This was our only safe space in The Springs. Where are we gonna go?”, Joshua Thurman, a survivor of the Club Q shooting Saturday ; night, was seen wiping away tears on Sunday</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Joshua Thurman also<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/Jhelmuth/status/1594365976820080640" target="_blank"> ;told reporters ;</a>on Sunday how he had been dancing on the dancefloor when he first heard shots.<br>&#8216;I thought it was the music because there were no screams, no shouts of &#8220;Help, help,&#8221; nothing like that,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Then there were more shots.&#8217;<br>&#8216;When I realized what was going on, I ran to the dressing room immediately. There was a customer that followed me, and there was a drag performer, Delusional, who was in the dressing room. I made them lock the doors and we got down on the floor and cut out the lights immediately. ;<br>&#8216;We heard everything, we heard more shots fired, we heard the assailant be beat up by someone who I assume tackled him, we heard the police come in, we heard them yelling at him, we heard then saying &#8220;Check certain people, &#8217;cause they&#8217;re critical,&#8221; we heard everything and all I can think about is everything — my life, just everything, friends, family, loved ones.&#8217;<br>Thurman said he went to the club that night to celebrate his birthday. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-43.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422795" width="827" height="1083"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The club was hosting a drag show earlier in the night, and was scheduled to stay open until 2am</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Carzsa-Maestas-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-422798"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Frequent clubgoers took to Facebook to express their shock at the shooting</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Angelo Patino, 18, meanwhile, performed a drag show at the club Saturday night, but left about half an hour before the shooting. ;<br>&#8216;I am in shock,&#8217; he told the ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting#club-q-was-a-fun-inclusive-place-to-hang-out" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, noting the club &#8216;was my safe space.&#8217;<br>&#8216;It hurts me that I could not protect my friends when they needed it,&#8217; he said.<br>Another man who had left the club just 10 minutes before the shots were fired also told ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGn8TUDTwHI" target="_blank">KRDO ;</a>how he was able to connect with one of his friends who was shot at the hospital.<br>He told the news station that his friend described the shooter as a man wearing a mask and a bulletproof vest. ;<br>Another of his friends, though, was killed in the massacre.<br> ;&#8216;It&#8217;s hard to hear, it&#8217;s hard to see,&#8217; the man, only identified as Joseph, told KRDO. &#8216;These people at the bar, they&#8217;re friends, they&#8217;re family.&#8217;</p>



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<p>Although the motive behind Saturday night&#8217;s shooting was not immediately known, the tragedy brought back memories of the 2016 massacre at the the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. </p>



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<p>A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-club-q-families-and-survivors?utm_source=twitter&;utm_medium=social&;utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet">gofundme</a> page &#8216;intended to raise funds for funeral expenses, medical expenses, or other expenses the families of those murdered or injured have to face&#8217;, has raised $157,636 raised of the $500,000 goal</p>

Anderson Aldridge, 22, charged with multiple counts of murder and hate crime after shooting up gay club in Colorado Springs with AR-15-style rifle, killing 5, injuring 25, before he is taken down by patrons
