Suspected shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged on 305 counts after allegedly killing five people at a LGBTQ+ bar, Club Q, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, CNN reports.
Among the charges are first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and bias-motivated crimes.
Aldrich appeared in court on Tuesday, where Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen read the charges. Aldrich — whose public defender, Joseph Archambault, revealed in court filings that Aldrich is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns — had been previously held in custody on preliminary charges before the official charges were levied on Tuesday.
Among the charges are first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and bias-motivated crimes.
Aldrich appeared in court on Tuesday, where Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen read the charges. Aldrich — whose public defender, Joseph Archambault, revealed in court filings that Aldrich is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns — had been previously held in custody on preliminary charges before the official charges were levied on Tuesday.
- 12/6/2022
- by Jon Blistein and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire inside the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q. The shooter was disarmed and taken down by heroic patrons, including an army veteran who went into “combat mode” and helped saved “dozens and dozens of lives.” Tragically, the attack killed at least five people and injured 25 more and was described by Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers as having “all the trappings of a hate crime,” though he added that an official motive is “still under investigation.”
In the aftermath of the shooting, conservatives have doubled down on their anti-lgbtq rhetoric,...
In the aftermath of the shooting, conservatives have doubled down on their anti-lgbtq rhetoric,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Richard M. Fierro was with his wife, daughter and friends when a gunman opened fire at Club Q nightclub on Saturday, reports The New York Times. Fierro’s training as an Army officer from four combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan kicked in and he charged towards the shooter.
“I don’t know exactly what I did, I just went into combat mode,” Fierro told the New York Times. “I just know I have to kill this guy before he kills us.”
He was there to celebrate a friend’s...
“I don’t know exactly what I did, I just went into combat mode,” Fierro told the New York Times. “I just know I have to kill this guy before he kills us.”
He was there to celebrate a friend’s...
- 11/22/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers revealed Monday that the city’s district attorney will file motions later today to allow for local law enforcement to reveal greater details about the criminal history of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, who opened fire on Saturday night at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q. The attack, which killed at least five people and injured 25 more, was described by Suthers as having “all the trappings of a hate crime,” though he added that an official motive is “still under investigation.”
“We need to look at social media,...
“We need to look at social media,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
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