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Victims and heroes in Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub shooting identified

Colorado Springs officials on Monday identified the five shooting victims who died and the two heroes who prevented further bloodshed at the LGBTQ nightclub where a gunman opened fire on Saturday night.

Reuters · Nov 21, 2022

Patrons in gay club shooting hit gunman with his own weapon

As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who’d been partying moments before rushed into action, grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived just minutes later

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Mass shooting at LGBT+ club follows wave of threats to drag performers and venues

A gunman brought violence into a nightclub known as a safe haven to the LGBT+ community in Colorado Springs. The violence follows an increase in attacks, harassment and legislation aimed at drag events, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Colorado shooting: Heroic bystanders fought gunman as he opened fire in nightclub

Police have said they owe a great debt of thanks to two 'heroic' bystanders who managed to tackle a man suspected of killing five people in a mass shooting at a gay club in Colorado

Daily Mirror · Nov 21, 2022

Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs leaves 5 dead, 25 injured; patrons hailed as heroes

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Several patrons of an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs are being hailed as heroes, as details unfold about a mass shooting that happened minutes before midnight Saturday at the Club Q and left five people dead and 25 others injured, according to authorities.

Tribune News Service · Nov 21, 2022

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric leads to violence, advocates say in wake of Club Q shooting

Minutes before the start of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of people killed in acts of anti-transgender violence, a shooter sprayed gunfire inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people, injuring at least 25 and heightening the fear and heartbreak felt over and over again…

The Denver Post · Nov 21, 2022

Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

The suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb last year

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Anderson Lee Aldrich, Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect, may have had earlier run-ins with police

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Law enforcement officials investigating the Club Q shootings on Sunday said suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich's “interactions with law enforcement” are part of the broader investigation.

Tribune News Service · Nov 21, 2022

‘Heroic’ patrons of Colorado gay nightclub subdued gunman after he opened fire, killing 5 people

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities said Sunday that a gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado — killing five and injuring 25 — was subdued by “heroic” patrons who hit him with his own gun.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 20, 2022

Lauren Boebert condemned for response to Colorado Springs shooting

Nightclub was attacked ahead of events in support of Transgender Day of Remembrance

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022