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On June 18, 2021, Aldrich, then 21, was arrested after Aldrich's mother reported that Aldrich threatened her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition.<ref name=cnn20222223/><ref>{{cite news |title=EXPLAINER: What do we know about the Colorado bomb threat? |first=Colleen |last=Slevin |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=December 2, 2022 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-the-colorado-bomb-threat/2022/12/02/1446d6a4-7296-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Tony |date=June 19, 2021 |title=Evacuation order for Lorson Ranch neighborhood Friday evening |url=https://www.kktv.com/2021/06/19/evacuation-order-lorson-ranch-neighborhood-friday-evening/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=kktv.com |language=en}}</ref> Initially, Aldrich did not surrender. During the resulting standoff, Aldrich live streamed himself inside the home with a rifle. Neighboring homes had to be evacuated.<ref name="CNN.Know" /><ref>{{cite news |last=D'Angelo |first=Bob |date=November 20, 2022 |title=5 killed, 18 hurt in shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado Springs; suspect identified |work=[[WHIO-TV]] |url=https://www.whio.com/news/trending/5-killed-18-injured-shooting-colorado-springs-gay-nightclub/YQKQRRO6C5HIPEKOER5HKXNES4 |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 18, 2021 |title=Evacuation order lifted for Lorson Ranch neighborhood |work=[[KXRM]] |url=https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/evacuation-orders-for-lorson-ranch-neighborhood |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Colorado shooting suspect purchased gun despite 2021 bomb threat arrest |first1=Ali |last1=Dukakis |first2=Josh |last2=Margolin |first3=Tonya |last3=Simpson |first4=Morgan |last4=Winsor |date=November 22, 2022 |agency=[[ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-shooting-suspect-purchased-gun-despite-2021-bomb/story?id=93704694}}</ref><ref name=independent20221123>{{cite news |title=Livestream shows Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich threatening to blow up home in 2021 |first=Bevan |last=Hurley |date=November 23, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-springs-anderson-lee-aldrich-bomb-threat-b2231486.html}}</ref> Aldrich surrendered. No explosives were found. Aldrich was charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and felony menacing. Details of the case were sealed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police probe LGBTQ club shooting suspect’s ties to a 2021 bomb threat |first1=Joby |last1=Warrick |first2=Robert |last2=Klemko |date=November 20, 2022 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/20/colorado-springs-shooter-suspect/ |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Club Q Suspect Appears to Have Been Accused of Threatening Mother With Bomb |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Charlie |last1=Brennan |first2=Nicholas |last2=Bogel-Burroughs |first3=April |last3=Rubin |date=November 20, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-suspect-charges.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gazette.com/news/anderson-lee-aldrich-colorado-springs-mass-shooting-suspect-may-have-had-earlier-run-ins-with/article_5b7f1478-68f5-11ed-ac02-d730cef006ab.html|title=Anderson Lee Aldrich, Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect, may have had earlier run-ins with police|publisher=The Colorado Springs Gazette|last1=Nevins|first1=Brooke|last2=McKinley|first2=Carol|date=November 20, 2022|access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> There is no record that the police or relatives attempted to trigger the Colorado red flag law, which might have allowed for the seizure of any weapons and ammunition that Aldrich possessed.<ref name=ap20221121>{{Cite web |last1=Condon |first1=Bernard |last2=Slevin |first2=Colleen |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law |url=https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-colorado-politics-springs-ee6fe797a50cfca1bccfcc051c588187 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
On June 18, 2021, Aldrich, then 21, was arrested after Aldrich's mother reported that Aldrich threatened her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition.<ref name=cnn20222223/><ref>{{cite news |title=EXPLAINER: What do we know about the Colorado bomb threat? |first=Colleen |last=Slevin |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=December 2, 2022 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-the-colorado-bomb-threat/2022/12/02/1446d6a4-7296-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Tony |date=June 19, 2021 |title=Evacuation order for Lorson Ranch neighborhood Friday evening |url=https://www.kktv.com/2021/06/19/evacuation-order-lorson-ranch-neighborhood-friday-evening/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=kktv.com |language=en}}</ref> Initially, Aldrich did not surrender. During the resulting standoff, Aldrich live streamed himself inside the home with a rifle. Neighboring homes had to be evacuated.<ref name="CNN.Know" /><ref>{{cite news |last=D'Angelo |first=Bob |date=November 20, 2022 |title=5 killed, 18 hurt in shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado Springs; suspect identified |work=[[WHIO-TV]] |url=https://www.whio.com/news/trending/5-killed-18-injured-shooting-colorado-springs-gay-nightclub/YQKQRRO6C5HIPEKOER5HKXNES4 |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 18, 2021 |title=Evacuation order lifted for Lorson Ranch neighborhood |work=[[KXRM]] |url=https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/evacuation-orders-for-lorson-ranch-neighborhood |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Colorado shooting suspect purchased gun despite 2021 bomb threat arrest |first1=Ali |last1=Dukakis |first2=Josh |last2=Margolin |first3=Tonya |last3=Simpson |first4=Morgan |last4=Winsor |date=November 22, 2022 |agency=[[ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-shooting-suspect-purchased-gun-despite-2021-bomb/story?id=93704694}}</ref><ref name=independent20221123>{{cite news |title=Livestream shows Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich threatening to blow up home in 2021 |first=Bevan |last=Hurley |date=November 23, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-springs-anderson-lee-aldrich-bomb-threat-b2231486.html}}</ref> Aldrich surrendered. No explosives were found. Aldrich was charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and felony menacing. Details of the case were sealed.<ref name=independent20221123/><ref>{{cite news |title=Police probe LGBTQ club shooting suspect’s ties to a 2021 bomb threat |first1=Joby |last1=Warrick |first2=Robert |last2=Klemko |date=November 20, 2022 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/20/colorado-springs-shooter-suspect/ |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Club Q Suspect Appears to Have Been Accused of Threatening Mother With Bomb |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Charlie |last1=Brennan |first2=Nicholas |last2=Bogel-Burroughs |first3=April |last3=Rubin |date=November 20, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-suspect-charges.html}}</ref> There is no record that the police or relatives attempted to trigger the Colorado red flag law, which might have allowed for the seizure of any weapons and ammunition that Aldrich possessed.<ref name=ap20221121>{{Cite web |last1=Condon |first1=Bernard |last2=Slevin |first2=Colleen |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law |url=https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-colorado-politics-springs-ee6fe797a50cfca1bccfcc051c588187 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>


Aldrich and Voepel had conflicts with passengers and crew during a July 2022 flight from California to Colorado. They both were accused of harassing others while aboard the plane, and insulted some with racial slurs. After deplaning, Aldrich was filmed saying to another passenger: "I wish I can shoot all of you" and "You keep following me and I'm going to fuck you up."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Rob |date=2022-11-24 |title=Exclusive video: Plane passengers say Club Q suspect made racist remarks |url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/exclusive-video-plane-passengers-say-club-q-suspect-made-racist-remarks/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=FOX31 Denver |language=en-US}}</ref>
Aldrich and Voepel had conflicts with passengers and crew during a July 2022 flight from California to Colorado. They both were accused of harassing others while aboard the plane, and insulted some with racial slurs. After deplaning, Aldrich was filmed saying to another passenger: "I wish I can shoot all of you" and "You keep following me and I'm going to fuck you up."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Rob |date=2022-11-24 |title=Exclusive video: Plane passengers say Club Q suspect made racist remarks |url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/exclusive-video-plane-passengers-say-club-q-suspect-made-racist-remarks/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=FOX31 Denver |language=en-US}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:28, 4 December 2022

For other shootings in Colorado Springs, see Colorado Springs shooting.

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Club Q
Club Q
LocationClub Q, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
DateNovember 19–20, 2022
c. 11:56 p.m.[1] – 12:02 a.m. (MST)
TargetPatrons of Club Q
Attack type
Mass shooting, Mass murder
Weapons
Deaths5
Injured26 (including the suspect; 19 by gunfire)
Defenders
  • Richard M. Fierro
  • Thomas James
MotiveUnknown (under investigation)
AccusedAnderson Lee Aldrich[5]
Charges

On November 19–20, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Five people were killed, and 25 others were injured, 19 of them by gunfire. The accused, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was also injured and taken to a local hospital.[6][7][8][9]

Background

The Club Q is located at the 3430 block of North Academy Boulevard and opened in 2002. It was for a time the only LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the state's second-most populous city with a population of just under 500,000.[10] A 2021 article by Denver-based magazine 5280 noted the club to be a place "where LGBTQ folks [went] for drag performances, dance parties, and drinks."[10][11] The shooting occurred on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.[12]

Since 2019, Colorado has had a red flag law that allows citizens or law enforcement to petition a court to order the removal of firearms from a potentially dangerous person. Of the 19 states and the District of Columbia with red flag laws, Colorado has among the lowest per capita rates of invocation of the law. In opposition to the Colorado statute, more than half of the state's 64 counties declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, including El Paso County – whose seat is Colorado Springs – where county commissioners unanimously approved a resolution condemning the then-proposed legislation. El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder opposed the red flag law over due process concerns. Following the law's passage, Elder issued a statement saying his office would not petition a court for surrender orders on its own accord, unless there were “exigent circumstances," but would implement the law if family members petitioned.[13][14][15][16][17]

Colorado has been the location of some of the most deadly mass shootings in United States history, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in which 15 were killed and the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting in which 12 were killed.[6] Colorado Springs was the location of the 2015 Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting in which three were killed and the 2021 Colorado Springs shooting at a birthday party in which seven were killed, and one of two locations of the 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings in which five were killed.[6][18]

Shooting

According to the police chief, the shooting began when the shooter entered Club Q while a dance party was being held. Wielding an AR-15 style rifle, carrying multiple magazines of ammunition, and wearing body armor,[2][3][4][19] the shooter immediately began shooting at people while moving further into the building. Many survivors at first mistook the gunfire for being a part of the music, until the gunfire continued and patrons saw the muzzle flash.[20] Multiple people sheltered behind the bar and in dressing rooms, while others stayed low to the ground.[21]

Minutes into the shooting, a club patron, identified as U.S. Army veteran Richard M. Fierro, charged across the room and tackled the shooter to the ground, causing the rifle to fall out of reach. Fierro then grabbed a handgun from the shooter's hand and used it to hit the shooter repeatedly in the head. Fierro was assisted by other patrons, including Thomas James, who moved the rifle away to safety,[22] and a trans woman who used her high heels to stomp on the shooter, and who helped disable and hold the shooter down until the authorities arrived.[23][24][25] Fierro estimated the shooter’s weight at 300 pounds.[24][26]

Police received an initial call for service regarding the shooting at 11:56 p.m. on November 19, with the first officer being dispatched a minute later. The first responding officer arrived in the area at 12:00 midnight and arrested a suspect two minutes later. A total of thirty-nine patrol officers from all four divisions of the Colorado Springs Police Department, along with thirty-four firefighters and eleven ambulances, responded to the scene.[1][23] The suspect was in custody within about five minutes after the first 9-1-1 call.[20] After the shooting stopped, many were at first reluctant to leave from hiding spots as they were unsure if the shooter was reloading or had been stopped.[21] Fierro, who had been covered in blood, was placed in police custody in a squad car for over an hour before he was cleared of suspicion and released.[24]

The injured were transported to three hospitals: seven to Penrose Hospital, ten to Memorial Hospital Central, and two to Memorial Hospital North. Some ambulances, with most of them AMR, had to transport up to three patients at a time, and a few police cruisers had to transport victims as well.[1]

Victims

Fatalities
  • Daniel Davis Aston, 28
  • Kelly Loving, 40
  • Ashley Paugh, 35
  • Derrick Rump, 38
  • Raymond Green Vance, 22

Five people were killed, and twenty-five others were injured in the shooting, of whom nineteen were by gunfire. One of the deceased victims, Daniel Aston, was bar supervisor at the nightclub. Another fatality, Raymond Vance, was the boyfriend of Fierro's daughter.[22]

As two of the victims were transgender, the spokesman for GLAAD reached out to the Colorado Springs Police Department ahead of its planned news conference on the victims, and the organization was assured that respectful language would be used. During the press conference, the department's spokeswoman made a point to say the department respected all community members and that they would be identifying the deceased by the names they and their loved ones used. She then read the names of the deceased victims and included their pronouns.[27]

Aftermath

A vigil was held on November 20 with standing room only at the All Souls Unitarian Church, which was also attended by several members of the City Council.[20] Additional memorials and events were held throughout the week, which promoted spaces for people to gather and donate.[28] Donation drives were set up shortly after the shooting from both local organizations and GoFundMe fundraisers for the victims and their families.[29]

On November 24, Colorado Springs evangelical ministry Focus on the Family was targeted with a graffiti message, reading: "Their blood is on your hands. Five lives taken." The Focus on the Family organization actively advocates for people to "leave homosexuality" and follow Christ.[disputed – discuss][30][31][32] According to The Independent, the conservative ministry "has lobbied against LGBT+ rights and characterised LGBT+ identities as 'a particularly evil lie of Satan'". The Human Rights Campaign has said that they "promote many dangerous ideas, practices and programs that cause real harm to LGBT+ people and their families", while the Southern Poverty Law Center considers the ministry to be a lobbying group that is central to the anti-gay movement of the religious right.[32]

Accused

The accused was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, a 22-year-old resident of Colorado Springs.[33] Aldrich was born Nicholas Franklin Brink on May 20, 2000, in San Diego, California, to Aaron Brink, a former pornographic film actor and mixed martial arts fighter, and Laura Voepel, the daughter of Randy Voepel, an outgoing member of the California State Assembly from the Republican Party and a former mayor of Santee, California.[34][35][36][37] Voepel and Brink separated and divorced one year after Aldrich's birth; while Voepel went on to receive custody over Aldrich, her tumultuous life – which included multiple arrests and mental health evaluations – resulted in Aldrich being cared for by Voepel's mother, who eventually became Aldrich's legal guardian.[38][39][40]

Aldrich was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but had not been involved in church services for a decade or more. He grew up on the northern side of San Antonio, Texas.[41][42][43] Records indicate that Aldrich was a target of online bullying that involved homophobic taunts while in high school.[36][44] Aldrich changed names on April 28, 2016, shortly before turning 16, citing a desire to remove associations with Aaron Brink, who by that point had multiple criminal convictions.[36][40]

Aldrich's attorneys have said in court documents that their client is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, preferring to be addressed as Mx. Aldrich.[45][46] Neighbors allege Aldrich to have made hateful comments towards the LGBTQ community, including frequent usage of the word "faggot" when infuriated,[47][48] and that Aldrich never mentioned being non-binary identity before the shooting.[49] According to TMZ, friends of the shooter have also come forward saying Aldrich never mentioned being non-binary identity before and that this may be a ploy to beat the hate crimes charges that have been pressed.[50] The Daily Dot reported that some have questioned the sincerity of Aldrich’s assertion of being non-binary, and noted that "In a video of a 2021 arrest that was obtained by CNN, Aldrich self-referred as 'boy.'"[51]

Prior incidents

On June 18, 2021, Aldrich, then 21, was arrested after Aldrich's mother reported that Aldrich threatened her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition.[38][52][53] Initially, Aldrich did not surrender. During the resulting standoff, Aldrich live streamed himself inside the home with a rifle. Neighboring homes had to be evacuated.[23][54][55][56][57] Aldrich surrendered. No explosives were found. Aldrich was charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and felony menacing. Details of the case were sealed.[57][58][59] There is no record that the police or relatives attempted to trigger the Colorado red flag law, which might have allowed for the seizure of any weapons and ammunition that Aldrich possessed.[13]

Aldrich and Voepel had conflicts with passengers and crew during a July 2022 flight from California to Colorado. They both were accused of harassing others while aboard the plane, and insulted some with racial slurs. After deplaning, Aldrich was filmed saying to another passenger: "I wish I can shoot all of you" and "You keep following me and I'm going to fuck you up."[60]

After the shooting, Aldrich was charged with ten felony counts: five counts of murder, and five counts of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury. An El Paso County judge authorized the sealing of Aldrich's prior arrest records, saying the public release of the documents could "jeopardize the ongoing investigation."[61] Aldrich appeared via video conference from the El Paso County jail on November 23 for a hearing in which Aldrich was advised of the arrest charges and of bond conditions, although Aldrich is being held without bond. Aldrich is currently being represented by a public defender.[62]

Responses

The shooting was widely condemned by Democratic and Colorado politicians in the immediate aftermath. President Joe Biden said, "While no motive in this attack is yet clear, we know that the LGBTQI+ community has been subjected to horrific hate violence in recent years."[63] Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that anti-LGBT political discourse is partially to blame for the shooting.[64] The El Paso County government said "We are deeply saddened by the senseless shooting that occurred early this morning in Colorado Springs at Club Q" and sent condolences to support victim's families.[65]

Colorado's red flag law and its application were scrutinized by advocates of gun violence prevention, politicians, and others.[13][15][16][66][67] Governor Jared Polis, the nation's first openly gay governor, said "We are eternally grateful for the brave individuals who blocked the [shooter] likely saving lives in the process"[12] and called for an examination of the application of Colorado's red flag law by Colorado's sheriffs.[68][69] Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said law enforcement should take advantage of the law under appropriate circumstances, while cautioning against jumping to conclusions about the application of the law to this shooting.[13][15] Colorado state representative Tom Sullivan, whose son was killed in the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting and sponsor of the state's red flag law said the prior incident should have alerted the community.[13][57][67] Jeffrey Swanson, a professor at Duke University School of Medicine who studies red flag laws, said Colorado's law could have been invoked.[13][66]

LGBTQ groups have widely memorialized the victims, and linked the mass shooting to recent rhetoric.[70][71][72] Club Q said on social media that it was "devastated by the senseless attack on our community" and that it offered condolences to the victims and their families.[12] A co-owner of Club Q attributed the shooting to a different kind of anti-LGBTQ hatred being inflamed by some politicians and right-wing influencers, rooted in the demonization of drag queens as "groomers".[73]

In their responses to the shooting, several far-right pundits have promoted an LGBT grooming conspiracy theory,[74][75][76][77] as well as perpetuating moral panic.[78][79][80][81] Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson displayed a banner on his Fox News program Tucker Carlson Tonight that read "Stop Sexualizing Kids" while later hosting a guest who said that mass shootings would keep happening "until we end this evil agenda that is attacking children".[82] Reactionary influencer Tim Pool[83][84] responded by criticizing the venue's drag show performances, saying, "We shouldn't tolerate pedophiles grooming kids. Club Q had a grooming event";[85] while right-wing commentators Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Chaya Raichik, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene all continued to publish content targeting LGBTQ people, some of which focused specifically on the Colorado area.[86][82][87][75]

After issuing a statement in which she offered her prayers to those affected by the shooting and called for the lawless violence to end, Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was accused of hypocrisy based on her history of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.[88] Her past comments have included false grooming narratives and the "litter boxes in schools hoax".[71][89] She has been criticized for blocking gun control laws.[90][91]

Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, was criticized for saying that the five people killed during the shooting were "now reaping the consequences of ... eternal damnation" because she claimed that there was "no evidence" the victims were Christian.[92][93][94]

Far-right provocateurs, including Jack Posobiec, have questioned Richard Fierro's presence at the drag show, invoking unfounded transphobic and homophobic insinuations.[95] Analysis published by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue has estimated that online usage of the terms 'pedophile' and 'groomer' increased by several orders in the days following the shooting, as part of far-right and neo-Nazi celebration of, and apologia for, the massacre.[94] The Department of Homeland Security also took notice in a bulletin published on 30 November that online extremists praised the actions of the shooter.[96]

See also

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