A gunman opened fire a gay nightclub, killg five people and woundg 18 the latt mass shootg to befall the untry.
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- AT LEAST 5 KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS, POLICE SAY
- SPECT INTIFIED GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE
AT LEAST 5 KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS, POLICE SAY
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— 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 firearms, cludg a “long rifle, ” were found at the scene at Club Q, said Colorado Sprgs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez.
Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, said the news was “sickeng. ”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.
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SPECT INTIFIED GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE
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