Shooter attack that killed 5 at Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub pleads guilty, gets life prison - CBS News

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• GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
• MUGSHOT OF COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT SHOWS JURI STAED DURG NONTATN WH 'HEROIC PEOPLE'
• PATRON ED SPECT'S OWN GUN TO HELP STOP MASS SHOOTG COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB, MAYOR SAYS
• SHOOTER ATTACK THAT KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB PLEADS GUILTY, GETS LIFE PRISON
• GAY BAR SHOOTG SPECT FAC MURR, HATE CRIME CHARG
• THE GROTQUE POLICIZATN OF THE COLORADO SPRGS GAY BAR SHOOTG | OPN
• COLORADO GAY BAR SHOOTG SPECT FACG MURR, HATE CRIME CHARG
• 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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MUGSHOT OF COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT SHOWS JURI STAED DURG NONTATN WH 'HEROIC PEOPLE'

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

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SHOOTER ATTACK THAT KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB PLEADS GUILTY, GETS LIFE PRISON

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GAY BAR SHOOTG SPECT FAC MURR, HATE CRIME CHARG

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THE GROTQUE POLICIZATN OF THE COLORADO SPRGS GAY BAR SHOOTG | OPN

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COLORADO GAY BAR SHOOTG SPECT FACG MURR, HATE CRIME CHARG

Photographs of victims of a mass shootg at a gay nightclub are on display at a memorial on November 23, 2022, Colorado Sprgs, Colorado.

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AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS

“Book bans; Don’t say gay; Vlent protts at Pri; Bans on re for trans kids; Hundreds of piec of anti-LGBTQ legislatn; It always leads to this. (AP) — The man spected of openg fire at a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs was beg held on murr and hate crim charg Monday, two days after the attack that killed five people and left 17 others wh gunshot wounds.