At Least 5 People Killed Mass Shootg at Colorado Gay Nightclub – Rollg Stone

Contents:

• PATRON ED SPECT'S OWN GUN TO HELP STOP MASS SHOOTG COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB, MAYOR SAYS
• GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
• SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA AL
• AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE KILLED MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB

PATRON ED SPECT'S OWN GUN TO HELP STOP MASS SHOOTG COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB, MAYOR SAYS

A 22-year-old gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and leavg more than two dozen jured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrted by police who were on the scene wh mut, thori said a news nference Sunday morng, Colorado Sprgs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez intified the spect as 22-year-old Anrson Lee Aldrich, who was beg treated for juri. "Flags will be lowered for 5 days to remember each of the 5 dividuals who lost their liv this sensels tragedy, " Polis Q is a gay and lbian nightclub that featur a "Drag Diva Drag Show" on Saturdays, acrdg to s webse. Although a motive wasn't yet clear, nor were the genr inti of the victims, the cint me as anti-gay rhetoric has tensified by extremists.

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

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SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA AL

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AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE KILLED MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB

Club Q is a gay and lbian nightclub that featur a drag show on Saturdays, acrdg to s webse.

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