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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison, victim says ‘devil awaits’ defendant

Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder in the November 2022 attack that left five people dead.

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Club Q attacker sentenced to over 2,000 years in prison for mass shooting in Colorado

The shooter pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 of attempted murder.

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Club Q shooter pleads guilty, receives 5 life sentences plus 2,208 years in prison

COLORADO SPRINGS — The attacker who killed five people in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub last year was sentenced to five consecutive lifetimes in prison Monday.

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‘A monster, a killer, a murderer, a failure’: Survivors of Club Q massacre confront gunman as he’s sentenced to life in prison

Survivors and family members called Aldrich a terrorist, an animal, a loser, a monster – even ‘it’ in an attempt to dehumanise the shooter who took five lives, Sheila Flynn reports from Colorado Springs

The Independent UK

Suspect in LGBTQ nightclub shooting sentenced to life in prison

Anderson Lee Aldrich has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2022 attack that killed five people in Colorado.

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Club Q shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder, no contest to hate crime charges in 2022 attack

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A 23-year-old suspect pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub last year that killed five people and injured 22 others.

The Denver Post

Gay club 'monster' who gunned down five gets life in prison, victim says ‘devil awaits’ shooter

Anderson Lee Aldrich walked into Club Q in Colorado Springs and targeted the LGTBQ+ community by firing an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle just before midnight on November 19

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Anderson Lee Aldrich pleads guilty to 53 charges for killing five in Club Q shooting

The Independent’s Sheila Flynn is live at the courthouse where victims are providing impact statements

The Independent UK

Club Q mass shooting victims hit out at suspect’s jailhouse interview blaming drugs amid expected plea deal

‘No one has sympathy for him,’ Michael Anderson, a survivor of the shooting that left five peple dead and 17 others injured, told the Associated Press

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP report of expected plea deal in Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting

The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17

The Independent UK

Colorado gay nightclub shooter expected to strike plea deal: ‘I have to take responsibility’

The Independent UK

‘We’re here to love each other in the face of hatred:’ Colorado Springs celebrates first Pride since Club Q massacre

Five people died in November when a 22-year-old opened fire at a Colorado Springs LGBT+ club. Less than seven months later, the city turned out in full force to celebrate Pride as the hero who helped take down the shooter served as grand marshal of the festival parade, writes Sheila…

The Independent UK

He fought off the gunman in the Club Q shooting. This is his message for Pride

Richard Fierro’s military instincts kicked in last November when a shooter opened fire at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club where he was socializing with family and friends. Now he’s serving as the grand marshal of the Pikes Peak Pride parade, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Veteran who subdued Club Q gunman to be honored at Pride parade

Richard Fierro was one of two patrons praised by authorities for disarming the suspect at Club Q in Colorado Springs.

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Anderson Lee Aldrich shot more than 30 people at a Colorado Springs nightclub. Victims fought back

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs that left five dead and more than 30 others wounded, will soon enter a plea on more than 300 charges that could bring a life sentence. Graig Graziosi reports

The Denver Post

Judge upholds all charges — including hate-crime counts — against Club Q shooting suspect

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An El Paso County judge on Thursday allowed all charges — including dozens of hate-crime counts — to move forward against the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club last year.

The Independent UK

Club Q mass shooting suspect planned to livestream attack and used ‘rainbow-coloured’ target, court hears

Anderson Aldrich, 22, faces more than 300 charges in connection with November Club Q shooting in Colorado

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Club Q shooting suspect had rainbow-colored gun target at home, court testimony reveals

DENVER — Colorado Springs police investigators found a rainbow-colored gun target inside the apartment of suspected Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich and a rough sketch of the layout of the LGBTQ nightclub, court testimony revealed Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Defense: Club Q shooting suspect visited before bloodbath

A defense attorney says a person charged with fatally shooting five people and wounding 17 others at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs last year was at the venue for more than an hour earlier that night before carrying out the mass shooting

The Independent UK

He attended the SOTU after saving lives in a mass shooting. He wants Congress to stop feuding and save more

Army veteran Richard Fierro, 45, sprung to action in November when a gunman opened fire at a Colorado Springs club. Nearly three months later, he watched in person as the President addressed the nation from the Capitol, marvelling at the microcosm of America represented by his fellow guests -- as…

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting: Entirety of deadly attack captured on surveillance video, prosecutor says

DENVER — Surveillance cameras inside and outside of Club Q captured the entirety of the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub, prosecutors said in court Friday.

The Denver Post

Judge ends Club Q shooting contempt case against sheriff over media leaks

DENVER — An El Paso County judge on Wednesday opted not to go forward with a contempt of court citation against Sheriff Bill Elder over leaks to the media in the wake of the Club Q mass shooting.

WEKU

After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.

The Denver Post

Family called FBI and 911 about Club Q shooting suspect’s threats night before 2021 standoff, records show

DENVER — The day before the Club Q shooting suspect’s alleged 2021 bomb threat and police standoff, family members called the FBI and El Paso County law enforcement to report the suspect was threatening violence against relatives, Christians and the government, records show.

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A judge had warned that the Club Q mass shooting suspect posed a potential threat

A judge dismissed a kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter even though she had raised concerns about the defendant stockpiling weapons and explosives and planning a shootout.

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