DENVER — The suspect accused of opening fire in a Colorado Springs nightclub changed their name in 2016 to protect themself from their birth father and that man’s “criminal history,” according to court records obtained by The Denver Post.
Nicholas Franklin Brink asked a Bexar County, Texas, judge to change their name to Anderson Lee Aldrich more than six years ago, when they were 15, court records show. Aldrich was living in San Antonio at the time, records show, and their grandparents signed the petition authorizing the name change.
The family wrote that Aldrich wanted to change their name “to protect himself and his future from any connections to birth father (sic) and his criminal history. Father has had no contact with (Aldrich) for several years.”
