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America's LGBTQ community says the massacre at Club Q in Colorado Springs was a disaster waiting to happen

Police allege a 22-year-old dressed in body armour burst into the nightclub with a rifle and a handgun. But local activists say the alleged assailant clearly misjudged their intended victims.

ABC News

Club Q was an inclusive, welcoming space for everyone. Its assault is an attack on us all

This is not just an American problem – it is being imported to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Ellis: Club Q victims "burning in Hell"

"They are now reaping the consequences of eternal damnation," says Jenna Ellis, who repped Trump in his 2020 cases

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Accused Club Q shooter changed name at 15; dad was MMA and porn star, mom had arrest record

Two weeks before his 16th birthday, the man accused of murdering five people in a Colorado nightclub changed his name to distance himself from his father and an extremely troubled childhood. On May 2, 2016, according to Texas court records, Nicholas Franklin Brink became Anderson Lee Aldrich.

Tribune News Service

Club Q suspect's dad "glad he's not gay"

"We don't do gay," Aaron Brink, father of Colorado shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich said with relief

Salon

Heidi Stevens: After Club Q shooting, a holiday card campaign for LGBTQ+ people shunned by their families inspires loving action

The day after a gunman opened fire inside Club Q in Colorado Springs, killing five people and physically injuring at least 18 (to say nothing of the countless moral injuries incurred), Carolyn Pinta gathered with friends to write cards to strangers.

Tribune News Service

Anti-LGBTQ hate amplified after shooting

Anti-trans conservatives on Elon Musk's platform respond to Colorado Springs shooting — by ramping up the vitriol

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Army veteran who stopped Club Q shooter wanted to protect everyone inside like family

Army veteran Richard Fierro was enjoying a night out with his family when a gunman opened fire on a gay club in Colorado Springs. Fierro said he went into "combat mode" to take down the shooter.

WEKU

The massacre at Club Q didn’t happen in a vacuum. There has been a dangerous escalation in hateful anti-LGBT rhetoric

The most shocking thing about what happened is that it felt so inevitable, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Club Q shooting suspect changed name in 2016 to protect himself from birth father, court records show

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.

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting suspect is nonbinary, defense attorneys say

DENVER — The person suspected of killing five and wounding 18 after opening fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs is nonbinary, their defense attorney wrote in court filings Tuesday.

The Denver Post

Colorado club shooting suspect is non-binary, attorneys say

The suspect faces multiple murder and hate crime charges over the shooting at Club Q.

Axios

Colorado shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich released from hospital and transferred to jail

Police have named the 22-year-old as the man who walked into Club Q with a rifle and began shooting at patrons

The Independent UK

Club Q shooting suspect changed name in 2016 to protect himself from birth father, court records show

DENVER — The man accused of opening fire in a Colorado Springs nightclub changed his name in 2016 to protect himself from his birth father and that man’s “criminal history,” according to court records obtained by The Denver Post.

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The Denver Post

Club Q shooting suspect changed name in 2016 to protect himself from birth father, court records show

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Barrett Hudson took seven bullets in the back but still escaped the Club Q shooting

As more details emerge around what happened inside Club Q, the Colorado Springs gay nightclub that late Saturday night became the scene of Colorado’s latest mass shooting when five people were killed, a man who identified himself as a survivor of the attack has shared a harrowing story on social…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs follows 6 brutal years of Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

It’s 6:30 a.m., and my wife already has the news silently scrolling in the dark. “Colorado Springs,” she says. My bleary eyes focus on the carnage — again. It’s been six years since she woke me up early on a Sunday whispering “something terrible happened in Orlando.”

Al Jazeera

‘Stop the action’: The ex-US soldier who subdued Colorado shooter

Richard Fierro stopped the gunman who had come into Club Q and started shooting, killing 5 people.

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Army veteran who pistol-whipped Club Q shooter with his own gun says he 'tried to finish him'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Army veteran who stopped the active shooter at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night said he wasn’t thinking when he rushed the man, grabbed his gun and beat the shooter with it — just reacting.

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting suspect arrested on suspicion of hate crimes, murder; police lower number of injured victims to 18

DENVER — Colorado Springs officials on Monday identified the five people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub over the weekend and hailed the two men who stopped the gunman as heroes — but released few other details about the incident, the suspected shooter or a sealed 2021…

Axios

What we know about the 5 victims in the Club Q mass shooting

They were daughters and sons, mothers and wives, friends and colleagues.

The Independent UK

Some say gay club shooting was 'desecration' of safe space

In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they could just be themselves

The Denver Post

Patron disarmed Club Q shooter and struck him with his own gun, Colorado Springs mayor says

DENVER — A patron at Club Q disarmed and hit a gunman with his own weapon shortly after shots erupted inside the nightclub late Saturday night, stopping the mass shooting and preventing further bloodshed, the mayor of Colorado Springs said.

Tribune News Service

Suspect in Colorado nightclub shooting arrested, faces 10 charges

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Anderson Lee Aldrich, the man suspected in the fatal shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs late Saturday night that left five dead and dozens injured, is facing 10 arrest-only charges relating to the shooting, according to court records.

Los Angeles Times

‘All the trappings of a hate crime’: Police seek motive in deadly shooting at Colorado gay nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities on Monday were seeking a motive in the attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs that left five people dead and more than 20 injured.

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