The shootg rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.
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- GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
- ‘WE DON’T DO GAY’: FATHER OF COLORADO SHOOTER ANRSON LEE ALDRICH GO ON ANTI-GAY RANT BIZARRE TERVIEW
- OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW ‘TYPE OF HATE’
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS
GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
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‘WE DON’T DO GAY’: FATHER OF COLORADO SHOOTER ANRSON LEE ALDRICH GO ON ANTI-GAY RANT BIZARRE TERVIEW
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OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW ‘TYPE OF HATE’
A 22-year-old gunman opened fire wh a semitomatic rifle si a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and leavg 25 jured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrted by police who arrived wh mut, thori said spect the Saturday night shootg at Club Q ed an AR-15-style semitomatic weapon, a law enforcement official said. Suthers said there was "reason to hope" that all of those hospalized would shootg rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.
He said patrons who tervened durg the attack were "heroic" and owed a bt of gratu for preventg more Q is a gay and lbian nightclub that featur a drag show on Saturdays, acrdg to s webse.
Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, lled the shootg "sickeng. Experts warned that extremist groups uld see anti-gay rhetoric as a ll to prev month, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his small Boise ngregatn that gay, lbian and transgenr people should be executed by the ernment, which led up wh siar sermons om a Texas fundamentalist 2006, there have been 523 mass killgs and 2, 727 aths as of Nov.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
The father of Anrson Lee Aldrich — the spect a mass shootg at a Colorado nightclub — spewed anti-gay ments a ramblg, herent explanatn of his relatnship wh his tranged son.
The dad bizarrely claimed durg an terview wh CBS 8- San Diego that his first ncern upon learng his son allegedly killed five at an LGBT tablishment was whether his child was homosexual.
AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS
I was like ‘Oh my god, s–t, is he gay? ’ And he’s not gay, ” Aaron Brk, 48, said wh an exaggerated sigh of relief.
I’m a nservative Republin and we don’t do gay. I n’t get answers om the attorneys really, but they’re sayg ’s volvg a gay bar.
I don’t know what the heck he did at a gay bar, ” Brk said. A CBS 8 reporter explaed to Brk that Aldrich is acced of orchtratg a mass shootg at a gay bar, killg five people and woundg many more. “OK, well s–t, he’s acced of dog that, I’m glad he’s not gay.