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• GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
• OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW 'TYPE OF HATE'
• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• GAY USA

GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY

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OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW 'TYPE OF HATE'

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(AP) — The -owner of the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen’s birthday celebratn to a massacre said he thks the shootg that killed five people and jured 17 others is a reflectn of anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has evolved om prejudice to Grzecka’s voice was tged wh exhstn as he spoke wh The Associated Prs on Wednday night some of his first ments sce Saturday night's attack at Club Q, a venue Grzecka helped build to an enclave that staed the LGBTQ muny nservative-leang Colorado Sprgs.

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Grzecka, who started moppg floors and bartendg at Club Q 2003 a year after opened, said he hop to channel his grief and anger to rebuildg the support system for Colorado Sprgs’ LGBTQ muny that only Club Q had and state officials have offered support and Print Joe Bin and First Lady Jill Bin reached out to Grzecka and -owner Matthew Hayn on Thursday to offer ndolenc and reerate their support for the muny, as well as their mment to fightg back agast hate and gun Q opened after the only other gay bar Colorado Sprgs at that time shuttered, Grzecka said, scribg that era as an evolutn of gay bars.

”The killgs rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.

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