Another massacre at a gay club has left 5 ad and at least 18 jured.
Contents:
- SPECT INTIFIED GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE
- MUGSHOT OF COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT SHOWS JURI STAED DURG NONTATN WH 'HEROIC PEOPLE'
SPECT INTIFIED GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE
— A gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., killg five people and jurg 18 before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrted by police who arrived on the scene wh about five mut, police said Sunday.Two firearms, cludg a “long rifle,” were found at the scene at Club Q, said Colorado Sprgs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez.“At least two heroic people” nonted the gunman and stopped the shootg, the chief said, addg: “We owe them a great bt of thanks.”Police intified the gunman as Anrson Lee Aldrich, 22, who was ctody and beg treated for juri. Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, said the news was “sickeng.”“My heart breaks for the fay and iends of those lost, jured and trmatized this horrific shootg. “Colorado stands wh our LGTBQ muny and everyone impacted by this tragedy as we mourn.”Although a motive the shootg wasn’t yet clear, nor were the genr inti of the victims, the cint me as anti-gay rhetoric has tensified by extremists.
MUGSHOT OF COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT SHOWS JURI STAED DURG NONTATN WH 'HEROIC PEOPLE'
Club Q is a gay and lbian nightclub that featur a “Drag Diva Drag Show” on Saturdays, acrdg to s webse.In addn to the drag show, Club Q’s Facebook page said planned entertament clud a “punk and alternative show” precedg a birthday dance party, wh a Sunday “all ag bnch.”Colorado Sprgs is a cy of about 480,000 about 70 south of Denver that is home to the U.S.
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