Colorado Springs police have identified the suspect as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich. They say he opened fire inside of Club Q, a local LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
A gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, leaving five people dead and 18 injured, police said Sunday.
At least two people at Club Q confronted the gunman who was using a "long rifle," and prevented him from injuring others, Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said. The suspect was taken into custody about five minutes after police first received a 911 call, he said.
"We owe them a great debt of thanks," Vasquez said of those who stopped the shooter.
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Wow you lack any human decency. Shame on you.
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And notnone of them mentioned the young men in Chicago violence
Them were shot. Or is it they? Pronoun?
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Stop having these sort of events and move the gay clubs out in the county away from normal people before they get hurt too. Stop normalizing abnormal behavior
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