Mass Shootings

FBI Probes Racist Websites Linked To Club Q Shooter

NBC News reports: The F.B.I. is asking about two websites in connection with last month’s shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado that left five dead and 17 others injured, a former neighbor and friend of the suspect told NBC News. The website allegedly created by Aldrich is a forum-type “free speech” site where people have anonymously posted racist and antisemitic …

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Club Q Shooter Charged With 305 Criminal Counts

The Denver Post reports: The suspect in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs last month was charged Tuesday with 305 criminal counts, including first-degree murder, bias-motivated crimes and attempted murder. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, had been arrested and held on suspicion of five counts of first-degree murder and five hate-crime charges immediately after the Nov. 20 …

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Uvalde Survivors File $27 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit

NPR reports: Survivors of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against the city, the school district, multiple law enforcement agencies and individual officers present that day, court documents show. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, lists the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s police department, the Uvalde Police Department, …

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Owner Says Community Wants Club Q To Reopen

NPR reports: The owner of Club Q, the Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ nightclub where a deadly mass shooting occurred nearly two weeks ago, said that although exact plans are still being decided, the club will reopen. Club Q was a haven for LGBT+ people in the conservative city, and despite the tragedy, work is being done to ensure it continues …

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UK Teen Faces Extradition For Inspiring Buffalo Shooting

The Times of London reports: A teenager from Derbyshire faces extradition to the United States after being found guilty of publishing far-right terrorist material that inspired a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. Daniel Harris, 19, from Glossop, produced videos that called for armed insurrection and glorified the crimes of white supremacist mass murderers. His videos were viewed by Payton …

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Mother Of Club Q Gunman Was Arrested Last Week

Colorado Springs’ ABC affiliate reports: The mother of the suspected Club Q shooter, Anderson Aldrich, was cited for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on November 20, 2022, one day after the Club Q mass shooting. The Colorado Springs Police Department says that the mother, Laura Voepel, was warned to stop yelling or she would be arrested for disorderly conduct. She …

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Buffalo Shooter Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime Murders

USA Today reports: The 19-year-old white man accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty Monday morning to more than two dozen related state charges. Payton Gendron pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime, as …

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Second Club Q Hero Issues Message To LGBTQ Youth: “Be Brave, When You Come Out, Come Out Swinging”

Denver’s CBS affiliate reports: Among the heroes identified by witnesses and officials in the Club Q shooting was U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James, who reportedly charged the shooter with Richard Fierro and possibly others at the bar. James, through a Centura Heath spokesman, issued a statement Sunday for the first time since the shooting at the Colorado …

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Patrons Swarm Reopened Bar Of Club Q Hero [VIDEO]

Colorado Springs’ CBS affiliate reports: Customers nearly overwhelmed bartenders at Atrevida Beer Co. on Friday. The bar, located in Northeast Colorado Springs is co-owned by Richard Fierro and his wife. Fierro was praised by police officers for charging into the fire of the Club Q gunman, who killed five people in last week’s tragic shooting, and helping to disarm him. …

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Walmart Shooter Blamed Satan, Bought Gun Legally

The Associated Press reports: The Walmart supervisor who fatally shot six co-workers at a store in Virginia bought the gun just hours before the killings and left a note on his phone accusing colleagues of mocking him, authorities said Friday. “Sorry everyone but I did not plan this I promise things just fell in place like I was led by …

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Headquarters Sign For CO Hate Group Gets Defaced

Colorado Springs’ CBS affiliate reports: Vandals defaced a sign outside a local Christian ministry Thursday, accusing the organization of complicity in the horrific massacre at an LGBTQ+ nightclub.  “Their blood is on your hands. Five lives taken,” reads the graffiti on the brick Focus on the Family sign, which outside its facility off Briargate Parkway in north Colorado Springs. Police …

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Club Q Owner Blames “Groomer” Rhetoric For Shooting

The Associated Press reports: Nic Grzecka’s voice was tinged with exhaustion as he spoke with The Associated Press on Wednesday night in some of his first comments since Saturday night’s attack at Club Q, a venue Grzecka helped build into an enclave that sustained the LGBTQ community in conservative-leaning Colorado Springs. Grzecka said he believes the targeting of a drag …

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Club Q Shooter Had Racist Meltdown On Flight [VIDEO]

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Cell phone video from a Frontier Airlines passenger showed club shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich and Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, in a heated confrontation with fellow passengers on July 31. The video was taken by Maria Martinez after the Aurora woman said Aldrich referred to her by a racist slur used against Hispanics. After she was called …

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“Sacred” Pulse Pride Flag Unfurled In Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs’ Fox affiliate reports: In the wake of the tragedy at Club Q, a flag was raised Wednesday morning, Nov. 23, at Colorado Springs City Hall in solidarity with the grieving LGBTQ+ community. A 24 by 14 foot section of a historic pride flag now hangs at City Hall as a gesture of love and healing. This flag, known …

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REPORT: Club Q Gunman Wanted To Be Next Mass Killer

Colorado Springs’ CBS affiliate reports: KKTV 11 News has obtained old arrest papers, and in them, a man reportedly told his family that he wanted to be the next mass killer. Sources confirm to 11 News the man in the arrest papers is the same man as the accused Club Q gunman. Investigators will not confirm if the accused gunman …

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CO Police Release Booking Photo Of Club Q Shooter

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: The official booking photo of Anderson Lee Aldrich was released by the Colorado Springs Police Department on Wednesday afternoon. The newly released photo shows Aldrich with multiple marks from the beating he took after being subdued by two patrons of the club. Richard Fierro, 45, has been hailed as a hero after he says he reacted on …

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Shooter’s Friend: He Never Claimed To Be Nonbinary

NBC News reports: A recent neighbor of Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich said he spent hours talking to the FBI on Tuesday morning. He told investigators the suspect made several hateful comments toward the LGBTQ community. “Just expressed he didn’t like the LGBTQ community,” said Xavier Kraus, who lived across the hallway from Aldrich. “And pretty sure at one …

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LIVE VIDEO: Colorado Club Q Shooter Appears In Court

CNN reports: The 22-year-old accused of carrying out a mass shooting inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, over the weekend is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for the first time since the attack that left five dead and more than a dozen injured. Anderson Lee Aldrich is expected to attend the initial court hearing via video conference …

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Club Q Shooter To Make First Court Appearance Today

ABC News reports: The alleged gunman in a deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado is scheduled to make his first court appearance virtually on Wednesday, court records show. Five people were killed and 17 others wounded by gunfire in the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs late Saturday night. Police are investigating the incident as a …

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Public Defenders Say Club Q Shooter Is Nonbinary

NewsNation reports: The person who is accused of killing five people during a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado is nonbinary, according to court records. Joseph Archambault and Michael Bowman, the public defenders for Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, included the information about the suspect’s identity in the footnotes of a motion filed Tuesday. Aldrich is facing murder and hate …

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