The gunman who killed at least five in a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub was stopped by two "heroic" people in the crowd, police said Sunday.
Bouquets of flowers and a sign reading"Love Over Hate" are left near Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 20, 2022. At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting the club. Jason Connolly/ AFP
The shooting was the latest in a long history of attacks on LGBTQ venues in the United States, the deadliest of which claimed 49 lives at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016. "At least two heroic people inside the club confronted and fought with the suspect and were able to stop the suspect from continuing to kill and harm others," he added."There were some very brave people beating him and kicking him, stopping him from causing more damage," he said. "They saved my life last night.""It was so scary," he told reporters Sunday. "There were bodies on the floor. There was shattered glass, broken cups, people crying.
"I just can't wrap my head around somebody just walking in and seeing people that are so happy and so comfortable in their community and just wanting to end that.""Maybe the guy was already there. Like was he in the parking lot... just planning it?" Godwin, 25, said. "It's just terrifying." A man with the same name was arrested on June 18 last year, aged 21, after his mother said he had threatened to hurt her with a homemade bomb or "multiple weapons," according to a news release at the time from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.
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