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Contents:

• GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT EVAD COLORADO'S RED FLAG GUN LAW
• POLICE: GUNMAN KILLS 5 AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB, SUBDUED BY PATRONS
• GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
• WILL THE COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG BE PROSECUTED AS A HATE CRIME?
• SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB CLUB Q EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA AL
• COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT CHARGED WH HATE CRIM
• SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA DEAL

GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT EVAD COLORADO'S RED FLAG GUN LAW

A Colorado Sprgs muny service vehicle is parked near a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., Sunday, Nov. Police say a 22-year-old gunman opened fire at the gay nightclub, Club Q, killg several people and leavg multiple people jured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons.

POLICE: GUNMAN KILLS 5 AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB, SUBDUED BY PATRONS

(AP Photo/Geneva Heffernan) The Associated PrsBy BERNARD CONDON and COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated PrsDENVER (AP) — A year and a half before he was arrted the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub shootg that left five people ad, Anrson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother wh a homema bomb, forcg neighbors surroundg hom to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him to spe that sre, there’s no public rerd that prosecutors moved forward wh felony kidnappg and menacg charg agast Aldrich, or that police or relativ tried to trigger Colorado’s “red flag" law that would have allowed thori to seize the weapons and ammo the man’s mother says he had wh ntrol advot say Aldrich’s June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored, wh potentially adly nsequenc.

Crystal and Ella Mondragon place flowers at a makhift memorial near a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., on Nov. DENVER — A year and a half before he was arrted the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub shootg that left five people ad, Anrson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother wh a homema bomb, forcg neighbors surroundg hom to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him to surrenrg.

GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY

(AP) — A 22-year-old gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and jurg 18 before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrted by police who were on the scene wh mut, thori said Sunday. Crime tape is set up near a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., Sunday, Nov.

Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, said the news was “sickeng.

Although a motive wasn’t yet clear, nor were the genr inti of the victims, the cint me as anti-gay rhetoric has tensified by extremists. Club Q is a gay and lbian nightclub that featur a “Drag Diva Drag Show” on Saturdays, acrdg to s webse. This image provid by KTTV shows the scene after a shootg at a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., Saturday, Nov.

WILL THE COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG BE PROSECUTED AS A HATE CRIME?

The shootg brought back memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub  Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. -elect Eric Sorensen, who is Illois’ first openly gay ngrsman, tweeted that “we mt e loud voic to stand up agast hate.

Experts warned that extremist groups uld see anti-gay rhetoric as a ll to actn.

SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB CLUB Q EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA AL

The 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 pastor. Colorado Sprgs, the state’s send-most populo cy wh jt unr 500, 000 rints, is home to a number of ary bas and is the headquarters for Foc on the Fay, the nservative Christian group that says homosexualy and same-sex marriage are ss.

He and his bs partner toured other succsful LGBTQ spac and noted a mon theme: “They were gay as hell, ” Grzecka told the outlet. We knew we had to be gay as hell (to survive).

COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTG SPECT CHARGED WH HATE CRIM

Jared Polis, a Democrat and the natn’s first openly gay ernor, issued a statement Sunday llg the attack “horrific, sickeng and vastatg” and offered state rourc to lol law enforcement. Polis told CNN’s Jim Asta there are only two gay bars Colorado Sprgs, and Club Q was one of the ma venu.

Colorado Sprgs, the state’s send-most populo cy wh jt unr 500, 000 rints, is home to ary bas and the headquarters for Foc on the Fay, the nservative Christian group that says homosexualy and same-sex marriage are ss. 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.

SPECT MASS SHOOTG AT COLORADO GAY NIGHTCLUB EXPECTED TO TAKE PLEA DEAL

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. Club Q was long nsired a safe haven for the LGBTQ muny a cy wh a history of beg anti-gay.