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Colorado Springs nightclub shooting
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Club Q
Location
Club Q, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Date
November 19–20, 2022 c. 11:56p.m.[1] – 12:02a.m. (MST)
Target
Patrons of Club Q
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, hate crime (violence against LGBT people), domestic terrorism[2][3][4][5]
Weapons
AR-15 style rifle[6][7][8]
Handgun
Deaths
5
Injured
26 (including the perpetrator; 19 by gunfire)
Perpetrator
Anderson Lee Aldrich[9]
Defenders
Richard M. Fierro
Thomas James
Motive
Anti-LGBT extremism
Verdict
Pleaded guilty
Convictions
First-degree murder (5 counts)
Attempted first-degree murder (46 counts)
Bias-motivated hate crimes (2 counts)
Sentence
Five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 2,211 years
On November 19–20, 2022, an anti-LGBT-motivated mass shooting occurred at Club Q, a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Five people were murdered, and 25 others were injured, 19 of them by gunfire. The shooter, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was also injured while being restrained, and was taken to a local hospital.[10][11][12][13] Aldrich was then charged and remanded in custody. On June 26, 2023, Aldrich pled guilty to the shooting and was officially sentenced to a total of 5 whole consecutive back-to-back life terms plus an additional consecutive 2,211 years all of it without the possibility of parole. On January 16, 2024, Aldrich was additionally charged with 50 federal hate crimes in connection with the shooting.[14][15]
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^"GMHC Statement in Response to the Club Q Attack in Colorado Springs". GMHC. November 22, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^McGrath, Oria (February 14, 2023). "Professor aims to comfort, protect students in wake of Club Q killings". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^Sennett, Ellie (November 20, 2022). "Five killed in shooting at Colorado Springs nightclub amid US domestic terrorism warning". The National News. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^Ahn, Ashley; Kim, Juliana (November 21, 2022). "What We Know So Far About the Colorado Springs Shooting". NPR. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
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^Bedayn, Jesse; Peipert, Thomas (November 21, 2022). "Gay bar shooting suspect facing murder, hate crime charges". Associated Press. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
^Levenson, Eric; Watson, Michelle; Rose, Andy (November 20, 2022). "Gunman kills 5 at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs before patrons confront and stop him, police say". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2022. Colorado has been the site of some of the most heinous mass shootings in US history, including the 1999 shooting in Columbine High School and the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora. Colorado Springs was the site of mass shootings at a Planned Parenthood in November 2015 that left three dead and at a birthday party last year that left six dead.
^Roscoe, Matthew (November 20, 2022). "BREAKING UPDATE: Five dead after mass shooting at Colorado Springs gay nightclub". EuroWeekly News. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^Watson, Michelle (November 20, 2022). "Number of people wounded in Colorado Springs mass shooting increases to 25". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^Tucker, Emma; Levenson, Eric; Watson, Michelle; Rose, Andy; Vera, Amir (November 20, 2022). "What we know about the Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub shooting". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^"Club Q shooter charged with 50 federal hate crimes". ABC News. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^"Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison, victim says 'devil awaits' defendant". AP NEWS. June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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