Dozens of Republicans try to block same-sex marriage law weeks after Club Q massacre The legislation comes after multiple stops and starts but also a massacre at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
Mother of Club Q mass shooter arrested hours after attack in Colorado Springs LGBTQ night club Ms Voepel was warned ‘multiple times’ to stop causing a disturbance, police claim The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
After Colorado Springs shooting, LGBTQ people in red California are on edge LOS ANGELES — After five people were shot dead in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Matthew Grigsby thought about Club 501. Los Angeles Times · Nov 29, 2022
Mother of Club Q suspect detained day after mass shooting at Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub DENVER — The mother of the person suspected of a mass shooting inside a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub was detained the day after the shooting, court records filed Monday show. The Denver Post · Nov 29, 2022
Colorado Springs police increase Club Q victim count to 22 injured DENVER — Colorado Springs police on Monday revised the number of victims of the Club Q mass shooting to include an additional four people who were injured. The Denver Post · Nov 29, 2022
Could Colorado's 'Red Flag' Law Have Prevented the Club Q Massacre? If an order had been issued, it would have expired months before the attack unless police successfully sought an extension. Reason · Nov 28, 2022
Army veteran who tackled Colorado Springs shooter ‘overwhelmed’ with community support after massacre Richard Fierro’s family receives ‘outporing of love’ after mass shooter kills five inside LGBT+ nightclub, including daughter’s boyfriend The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022
Future for assault weapons ban in Senate is grim, top legislator says The Senate is unlikely to pass a ban on assault weapons despite growing calls for tougher gun laws in the wake of the Colorado Springs massacre, a top lawmaker said Sunday. Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022
Community response to Club Q shooting could help Colorado Springs shed 30-year-old anti-gay image COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Last weekend's tragedy at Club Q, when an attacker killed two bartenders and three customers and shot 17 others inside the nightclub before two patrons intervened, in several ways united what some view as a divided community. Tribune News Service · Nov 27, 2022
Club Q was a home, a sanctuary, a haven for countless people. 5 Coloradans share what it meant to them DENVER — Long before a shooter walked through its doors one week ago and opened fire, Club Q on Colorado Springs’ busy North Academy Boulevard held a special place in the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community. The Denver Post · Nov 26, 2022
Focus on the Family’s Colorado Springs headquarters sign vandalized days after Club Q mass shooting DENVER — The sign of the Colorado Springs headquarters of the evangelical Christian ministry Focus on the Family was defaced days after a gunman attacked the city’s sole LGBTQ+ nightclub. The Denver Post · Nov 26, 2022
Influential evangelical group that opposes LGBT+ rights vandalised after Colorado Springs mass shooting Group claiming responsibily for graffiti points to Focus on the Family’s legacy of ‘hateful theology’ The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shooting A mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has resurfaced questions about the city's past and future among its residents The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Martin Schram: Now we need political heroics Our news screens were erupting with breaking news of yet another mass shooting. But this time the news that began with a barrage of bullets also became something special — a tale of battlefield heroics on the homefront of a nightspot in Colorado Springs. Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 2022
Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 2022 Editorial: A good guy without a gun: How Richard Fierro became the hero of Colorado Springs’ Club Q massacre In Colorado Springs on Saturday night, Richard Fierro, a U.S. Army vet who’d deployed three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, went to an LGBTQ nightclub with his wife to celebrate a friend’s birthday. There was dancing and a drag show.
The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022 Colorado Springs shooting: Club Q owners blame ‘new type of hate’ as suspect held without bond 22-year-old suspect accused of killing five people inside LGBT+ nightclub
Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 2022 Biden calls Club Q owners and vows again to push for an assault weapons ban WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke Thursday with the owners of an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where five people were killed in a mass shooting, offering a sign of support as he pushes to ban assault weapons.
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect and mother accused of using racist slurs during July flight Video reportedly taken by flight passenger appears to show Anderson Aldrich saying ‘you keep following me and I’m going to f*** you up’
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Gay club owner: Shooting comes amid a new 'type of hate' The co-owner of Colorado Springs’ Club Q said that anti-LGBTQ hate has evolved from prejudice to incitement
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Joe Biden calls the owners of Club Q after shooting in Colorado Springs The call comes after five people killed in latest mass shooting
The Denver Post · Nov 24, 2022 The Club Q shooting suspect identifies as nonbinary. Will that affect potential hate crime charges? DENVER — Prosecutors can still pursue hate crime charges against the person accused of killing five people inside a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub despite the suspect identifying as nonbinary, legal experts said.
ABC News · Nov 24, 2022 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.
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Ex-Trump lawyer says Colorado Springs victims are ‘reaping the consequences of having eternal damnation’ Right-wing media commentary and far-right influencers continue to amplify inflammatory anti-gay and anti-trans rhetoric after mass shooting killed five inside LGBT+ nightclub
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Anderson Lee Aldrich sent mother chilling message hours before Colorado Springs shooting Laura Voepel, the mother of suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, wrote on Facebook the night before the Club Q attack that she was looking for her child
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Colorado Springs shooting – live: Boebert launches self-pitying rant amid backlash over Club Q attack response 22-year-old suspect wanted to be the ‘next mass killer’ and go out ‘in a blaze’