DENVER — The 22-year-old suspected of killing five and injuring 18 in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was arrested on suspicion of hate crime and murder charges, court records show.
Anderson Lee Aldrich is being held on suspicion of five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of bias-motivated crimes causing bodily injury in the Saturday shooting at Club Q, court records show. The felony counts are “arrest-only charges,” meaning prosecutors have not officially filed charges and the charges could change.
Colorado Springs officials on Monday lowered the number of people injured in the shooting to 18. Seventeen people were shot and one person was injured in another manner, according to a news release. Police on Sunday first had said 18 people were injured, then raised that figure to 25.
