Nation Jun 26 Club Q shooter who killed 5 gets life in prison By Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press
Nation Jun 26 Suspect pleads guilty in attack that killed 5 at Club Q Monday's plea by Anderson Lee Aldrich comes just seven months after the shooting and spares victim's families and survivors a long and potentially painful trial. By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press
Nation Dec 16 Judge warned of gay bar attacker's shootout plans in 2021 A judge who dismissed a 2021 kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter warned last year the defendant was planning a shootout and needed mental health treatment or "it’s going to be so bad.”… By Jesse Bedayn, Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Nation Dec 08 Colorado judge unseals documents in Club Q shooting suspect's past bomb threat case A judge unsealed a dropped bomb threat case Thursday against the Colorado gay bar shooting suspect who threatened to become the “next mass killer” over a year before allegedly killing five people and wounding seventeen others at the LGBTQ enclave… By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press
Nation Dec 06 Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting suspect charged with hate crimes The suspect accused of entering a Colorado Springs gay nightclub and killing five people and wounding 17 others was formally charged with hate crimes as well as murder. By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press
Nov 27 Club Q patron who helped stop shooter said he 'wanted to save the family I found' By Associated Press A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping prevent further harm during a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado last weekend said Sunday that he “simply wanted to save the family that I found.”… Continue reading
Nov 25 Colorado Springs reckons with past after Club Q shooting By Sam Metz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to… Continue reading
Nov 24 Club Q owner says Colorado Springs shooting comes amid a new 'type of hate' By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press The co-owner of Colorado Springs’ Club Q said that anti-LGBTQ hate has evolved from prejudice to incitement. In one of his first interviews since Saturday night’s mass shooting, Nic Grzecka told the Associated Press that politicians calling transgender people “groomers”… Continue reading
Nov 23 Colorado club shooting suspect scheduled for first court hearing By Colleen Slevin, Thomas Peipert, Jesse Bedayn, Brittany Peterson, Associated Press The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is scheduled to make their first court appearance Wednesday from jail after being released from the hospital a day… Continue reading
Nov 22 Army veteran helped disarm gunman in Colorado LGBTQ club shooting By Jesse Bedayn, Sam Metz, Associated Press Fierro is one of two people police are crediting with saving lives by subduing a 22-year-old man armed with multiple firearms who went on a shooting rampage Saturday night at Club Q, a well-known gathering place for the LGBTQ community… Continue reading