Colorado police identified 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich as the suspected gunman who fatally shot five people inside an LGBTQ nightclub over the weekend. U.S. Attorney Michael Allen said charges have not yet been filed
Another 17 people were wounded by gunfire in the rampage. Police said they had yet to determine a motive, but the city's mayor and LGBTQ rights groups said the attack bore the hallmarks of a hate crime.
Club Q, one of the only places for LGBTQ people to gather in Colorado Springs, attracted a diverse crowd of queer people and straight allies. On Sunday, which was Transgender Day of Remembrance, the club was planning to mark the occasion with a "drag brunch" and a nighttime show "with a variety of gender identities and performance styles."
The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich, was known to law enforcement, having been arrested in June 2021 after his mother reported he threatened to detonate a bomb and harm her with multiple weapons, according to a news release from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers also paid tribute to the heroes who rushed the shooter: Richard Fierro and Thomas James."I'm straight. My kids are straight, but we go there ... Why? Because it's about community," Fierro told reporters.
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