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Dropped case foretold Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting: ‘I’m loaded and ready.’

In a June 2021 incident, the Colorado nightclub shooting suspect loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and warned their frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become “the next mass killer.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 7, 2022

‘Next mass killer’: Dropped case foretold Colorado bloodbath

A year and a half before the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five dead, the alleged shooter was accused of threatening to kill grandparents if they stood in the way of plans to become “the next mass killer.”

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

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 · Nov 24, 2022

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.

The Denver Post · Nov 22, 2022

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.

The Denver Post · Nov 22, 2022