Navy veteran who helped take down Colorado nightclub shooter speaks out: ‘Bullies aren’t invincible’ ‘If I had my way, I would shield everyone from nonsensical acts of hate, but I am only one person’ The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022
Army veteran who helped take down Colorado nightclub shooter speaks out: ‘Bullies aren’t invincible’ ‘If I had my way, I would shield everyone from nonsensical acts of hate, but I am only one person’ 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
Colorado shooting victim 'wanted to save the family I found' A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping subdue a man who shot and killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado said he simply wanted to save the family that he had found The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2022
'Hero' boy, 14, dies trying to rescue two friends who fell through icy lake Dyllan Whittenberg dove into the icy waters of Crystal Lake, Colorado, after two of his friends fell through the ice, his family have said. Aunt Yvonne Wenzel wants her nephew to be remembered as a hero Daily Mirror · Nov 27, 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
Report: Deion Sanders offered Colorado football coaching job BOULDER, Colo — Is Deion Sanders destined for the Dal Ward Athletic Center? The Denver Post · Nov 26, 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
Biden calls for assault weapons ban as support for stricter gun laws decreases Following back-to-back mass shootings in Colorado and Virginia, President Joe Biden spoke in favor of an assault weapons ban, a perennially proposed piece of legislation. McClatchy Washington Bureau · 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
Will the Colorado gay club shooting be prosecuted as a hate crime? LGBTQ Coloradans have no doubt of the motive for the deadly attack, but bias-crime legislation in the state is complicated The Guardian - US · 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. Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 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. Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 2022
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Colorado police officers indicted for murder after shooting man who called 911 Andrew Buen, 29, and Kyle Gould, 36, were immediately fired from the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office after Wednesday’s indictment
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 Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2022 Colorado Springs suspect’s father makes homophobic remarks in interview Man tells reporter he was relieved his child ‘wasn’t gay’ after hearing about shooting
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 suspect accused newspaper of ‘damaging’ their reputation after ‘bomb threat’ The voicemail left by the suspect in the Colorado Springs shooting relays how they believe an article written by a local outlet about their alleged bomb threat was ‘libellous’
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022 Colorado Springs shooter’s non-binary claim won’t stop hate crime charges, legal experts say 22-year-old is charged with five counts of murder
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Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 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.
Los Angeles Times · Nov 24, 2022 Fragments of a troubled young life emerge, but mysteries about Anderson Aldrich remain New details have emerged in the case against Anderson Aldrich, the suspect in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub, that have raised further questions about a potential motive in the attack that left five dead and 18 wounded in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Salon · Nov 23, 2022 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