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The father of the man acced of killg five people a shootg at a gay nightclub Colorado says he was relieved to fd out that his son is not gay after learng of the attack.

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GAY BAR SHOOTG SPECT FAC MURR, HATE CRIME CHARG

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and woundg many more, one patron who’d been partyg moments before shed to actn, grabbg a handgun om the spect, htg him wh and png him down until police arrived jt mut later. * colorado gay bar shooter dad *

Hundreds of people have gathered a Colorado Sprgs park to honor five people killed and 17 wound a weekend shootg at a gay nightclub. People embrace durg a ndlelight vigil on a rner near the se of a weekend mass shootg at a gay bar, late Monday, Nov. (AP) — The man spected of openg fire at a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs was beg held on murr and hate crime charg Monday, while hundreds of people gathered to honor the five people killed and 17 wound the attack on a venue that for s was a sanctuary for the lol LGBTQ muny.

Jeremiah Harris, who is 24 and gay, said he went to Club Q a uple tim a month and regnized one of the victims as the bartenr who always served him. “Gay people have been here as long as people have been here, ” Harris said. It also rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.

‘WE DON’T DO GAY’: FATHER OF COLORADO SHOOTER ANRSON LEE ALDRICH GO ON ANTI-GAY RANT BIZARRE TERVIEW

Man tells reporter he was relieved his child ‘wasn’t gay’ after hearg about shootg * colorado gay bar shooter dad *

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. 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.

FATHER OF SPECTED LGBTQ BAR SHOOTER SAYS HE WAS 'SRED' HIS SON MIGHT BE GAY

The father of Colorado Sprgs shootg spect Anrson Aldrich says his first reactn to beg rmed of the attack was to qutn why his child was at an LGBTQ bar. Aaron Brk, a former porn actor and MMA fighter, also said that “we don’t do gay”. “They started tellg me about the cint, a shootg volvg multiple people,” Mr Brk said an terview. “And then I go on to fd out ’s a gay bar. I said, ‘God, is he gay?’ I got sred, ‘S***, is he gay?’ And he’s not gay, so I said, ‘Phhhewww.’” Sign up for our newsletters. * colorado gay bar shooter dad *

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.

I n say that, I’m glad he’s not gay, ” Brk said a shockg rponse. Brk add that he believ relatnships should be between a man and a woman and that people “should stand up agast homosexualy” — but through not vlence, he noted. And then I go on to fd out ’s a gay bar.

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I got sred, ‘Sh, is he gay? ’ And he’s not gay, so I said, phew… I am a nservative Republin.

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“And then I go on to fd out ’s a gay bar … I said, ‘God, is he gay? ’ I got sred, ‘Sh, is he gay? ’ And he’s not gay, so I said, ‘Phhhewww…’”Brk, who is said to be a former MMA fighter and porn actor, went on to make several homophobic remarks durg the terview, suggtg he was morally opposed to homosexualy bee of his fah.

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“You know Mormons don’t do gay. We don’t do gay, ” he said. “There’s no gays the Mormon church.

‘PHEW, HE’S NOT GAY’: COLORADO SHOOTER’S FATHER REACTS AS HE LEARNS SON KILLED FIVE A QUEER CLUB

We don’t do gay. A bartenr who was workg durg the mass shootg at a Colorado gay club scribed the harrowg moments when he feared he was the gunman’s “next” target as he ducked for ver om the bullets sprayg across the venue. Club Q bartenr Michael Anrson, 25, reunted the harrowg moments a gunman barged to the gay club Colorado Sprgs and opened fire.

“And then I go on to fd out ’s a gay bar.

COLORADO SHOOTER: FATHER’S FIRST NCERN WAS IF SON WAS GAY WHEN HE HEARD OF ATTACK

I said, ‘God, is he gay? ’ And he’s not gay, so I said, ‘Phew …’”His ments sparked anger onle, nmng Brk for relief that his child was “only a mass murrer and not a homosexual”, a mixed martial arts ach, told CBS8 that he had tght his child to fight, sayg he had offered praise “for vlent behavr really early. “We don’t do gay, ” he said the terview, addg that though he held anti-gay views, there was no exce for shootg people a club.

I got to know bee I was horrified he was gay. He’s at a gay bar.

COLORADO SHOOTG SPECT’S DAD GO ON ANTI-GAY RANT FOLLOWG ATTACK AT LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB

He’s gay. ’ I’m not homophobic or anythg - but to fd somethg out like that – I jt didn’t know”, 48, went on to expla that he had not raised his son: “As a child, he was taken away – not by me, ” he said, addg: “My ex-wife didn’t want my son around me.

'WE DON'T DO GAY': ANRSON ALDRICH FATHER SHOCKG REACTN TO SHOOTG

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‘WE DON’T DO GAY’: COLORADO SPRGS ATTACK SPECT’S FATHER GIV SHOCKG STATEMENT REACTN TO MASS SHOOTG

'We Don't Do Gay'.

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The person who mted mass murr at an LGBTQ+ bar Colorado Sprgs has not told thori what motivated them, but if 's what lots of people spect -- homophobia -- then the apple might not fall far om the tree. I was like, 'Oh my god, s***, is he gay?

And he's not gay, '" Brk told a reporter sighg wh relief. I'm a nservative Republin and I don't do gay. I don't do gay.

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