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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.”

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Colorado attack should spark action

The worst — and best — of this country was reflected in Saturday's deadly attack on a Colorado Springs nightclub.

Tribune News Service

Colorado Springs police make point of identifying shooting victims ‘by how they identified themselves’

Five victims were named along with their pronouns

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The Independent UK

Veteran hailed a hero in Colorado shooting says he did what he was trained to do

Authorities said Fierro's actions likely prevented further deaths.

Axios

Colorado Springs shooter had allegedly threatened his mother with a bomb. Why could he still get a gun?

Anderson Lee Aldrich had his name changed from Nicholas Brink at 15 when disparaging posts on a website targeted him

The Guardian - US

Rage and sadness as Colorado club shooting victims honored

Hundreds of people, many holding candles and wiping away tears, have gathered in a Colorado Springs park to honor those killed and wounded when a gunman opened fire on a nightlife venue that for decades was a sanctuary for the local LGBTQ community

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Tucker Carlson slammed for dismissing anti-LGBT+ motive in mass shooting at Colorado Springs gay club

‘So the most obvious question is why did he shoot 30 people? The truth is we don’t know’

The Independent UK

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 news - live: Colorado Springs gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich taken down by US army veteran

Suspected gunman, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faces at least five counts of murder charges

The Independent UK

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…

The Denver Post

Army veteran gives emotional account of tackling Colorado Springs gunman: ‘My family was in there’

Richard Fierro holds back tears as he describes horror of mass shooting

The Independent UK

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

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.

The Denver Post

Veteran among those thanked for stopping gunman at gay club

Colorado Springs police is crediting two men for subduing a gunman at a gay club on Saturday night and saving lives in the process

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Los Angeles Times

Man arrested on murder, hate crime charges in deadly shooting at Colorado gay nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man suspected of killing five people and injuring at least 18 others in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of murder and hate crimes, according to court records.

The Independent UK

How did the Colorado Springs gunman get his firearms despite the state’s ‘red flag’ law?

Colorado has laws designed to prevent dangerous people from buying guns – and yet they did not stop the deadly massacre at an LGBT+ club

The Independent UK

Mothers, friends, performers among dead at Colorado gay club

The five people who were killed at a gay club in Colorado are being remembered as loving parents, enthusiastic performers and longtime patrons who cherished Club Q as a safe haven for members of the LGBTQ community

The Independent UK

Hero reveals how he tackled Colorado Springs gunman with help from trans woman in heels: ‘I just knew I had to take him down’

Richard Fierro, a veteran of four tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, beat the suspect with his own handgun while a trans woman stomped on him

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Al Jazeera

US gay club shooting suspect faces murder, hate crime charges

Colorado Springs mayor says attack that killed five, injured 18 others ‘had all the appearances of a hate crime’.

The Independent UK

Herschel Walker attacks Lia Thomas in ad after Colorado Springs shooting

Walker features an ad with Riley Gaines, who competed against Lia Thomas.

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 Independent UK

Final two victims of Colorado Springs LGBT+ club shooting identified

Mother of one Ashley Paugh and Raymond Green have been identified as victims of the Club Q shooting

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.

Los Angeles Times

Man arrested on murder, hate crime charges in deadly shooting at Colorado gay nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man suspected of killing five people and injuring 25 others in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado has been arrested on murder and hate crime charges, according to court records.

The Independent UK

Footage shows Colorado Springs suspect surrendering to police after 2021 bomb threat incident

Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged with felony menacing and kidnapping over the 2021 bomb threat

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