A gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg 5 people and jurg 18 before he was subdued by patrons and arrted by police.
Contents:
- SHOOTG AT GAY CLUB COLORADO LEAV 5 DEAD, 18 INJURED
- POLICE: GUNMAN ENTERED GAY CLUB, STARTED FIRG
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS
- GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
- IN LATT ATLANTA BOMBG, 5 ARE INJURED AT A GAY BAR
- 50 AD, ISLAMIC TERRORISM TIE EYED ORLANDO GAY BAR SHOOTG
- ATLANTA LBIAN AND GAY CLUB BOMBED
- SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO LEAV 5 DEAD, 18 INJURED
SHOOTG AT GAY CLUB COLORADO LEAV 5 DEAD, 18 INJURED
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Five people were killed, and 18 people jured, when an attacker opened fire at Club Q, a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, on late Saturday night. READ NEXTWhen You Get In Bed Wh Bigots, Please RensirRealy TV Star Adore Delano Com Out as Transgenr‘Talk To Me’ Review: Gettg HandsyNew York Man Fatally Stabbed Possible Anti-Gay Hate Crime. A gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and leavg 18 jured before he was subdued, police said Sunday.
POLICE: GUNMAN ENTERED GAY CLUB, STARTED FIRG
The shootg rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. * gay club bombing *
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS
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GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
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The gunman, Ronald Edward Gay, 53, opened fire when he saw two men the bar hug each other.
IN LATT ATLANTA BOMBG, 5 ARE INJURED AT A GAY BAR
Gay, who told the police he was on a missn to kill gay people, said he was upset that his last name had ma him the target of anti-gay jok.
Seattle, 2014Mab Mohammed Masmari, 30, poured gasole on the stairs of a gay club and set alight shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve.
More than 700 people were the club at the time, cludg much of the cy’s gay and transgenr learship, but no one was Masmari plead guilty to arson and was sentenced to 10 years prison July 2014.
50 AD, ISLAMIC TERRORISM TIE EYED ORLANDO GAY BAR SHOOTG
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ATLANTA LBIAN AND GAY CLUB BOMBED
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Were much more ut on the nightclub, which primarily serv gay men and lbians, is on Piedmont Road, a by thoroughfare northeast Atlanta that was blocked off today as the police searched for shrapnel and other Spadafore said that at least 100 people had been the club at the time of the explosn and that another bar across the street, the Hot Spot, had also been crowd. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn 1, Page 18 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: In Latt Atlanta Bombg, 5 Are Injured at a Gay Bar.
SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO LEAV 5 DEAD, 18 INJURED
Police say a mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, has rulted at least 20 people ad, wh dozens more wound. Gay nightclub.
- A shootg and hostage suatn early Sunday at a Florida nightclub -- which scrib self as "Orlando's hottt gay bar" -- left an timated 50 people ad, cludg the gunman, and more than 50 jured, officials say.
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