Colorado Authori said Sunday that a gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub Colorado — killg five and jurg 25 — was subdued by “heroic” patrons who h him wh his own gun.
Contents:
- PHOTOS: 5 KILLED AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT GAY NIGHTCLUB
- PATRONS GAY CLUB SHOOTG H GUNMAN WH HIS OWN WEAPON
- AT LEAST 5 KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS, POLICE SAY
- WHO IS ANRSON LEE ALDRICH, SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB?
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
PHOTOS: 5 KILLED AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT GAY NIGHTCLUB
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An attacker opened fire a gay nightclub late Saturday night, killg five people and woundg at least 25, officials said. Richardson / Getty Imag) Colorado Authori said Sunday that a gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub Colorado — killg five and jurg 25 — was subdued by “heroic” patrons who h him wh his own gun.
PATRONS GAY CLUB SHOOTG H GUNMAN WH HIS OWN WEAPON
A gunman opened fire a gay nightclub, killg five people and woundg 18 the latt mass shootg to befall the untry. * shooter of gay nightclub *
(Parker Seibold / Associated Prs) Law enforcement personnel stand outsi of the scene of a mass shootg at Club Q, a gay bar Colorado Sprgs, Colo., on Sunday. As bullets tore through a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and woundg many more, one patron who had 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 ctomer was one of at least two whom police and cy officials cred wh stoppg the gunman and limg the bloodshed Saturday night's shootg at Club Q. Suthers told the AP there was "reason to hope" 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 prevented 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 to be elected a U. — 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.
AT LEAST 5 KILLED SHOOTG AT GAY NIGHTCLUB COLORADO SPRGS, POLICE SAY
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WHO IS ANRSON LEE ALDRICH, SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB?
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The spect who allegedly killed five people at a Colorado gay club before beg subdued by two revelers was intified Sunday as 22-year-old Anrson Lee Aldrich. The shootg also brought back paful memori of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre Orlando, Florida, when a Mlim man who had equented gay clubs the past and exprs disda for “filthy” members of the LGBTQ muny killed 49 people. The shootg was remiscent of the 2016 Pulse club massacre when a gunman killed 49 people at the gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, before he was fatally shot by police.
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
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