Verified fundraisers for victims, families of mass shooting in Colorado Springs underway
Two official fundraisers have been launched for families impacted by Club Q mass shooting that happened shortly before midnight Saturday at the popular gay nightclub.
Services, vigils scheduled after Club Q mass shooting
Former employee Greg Resha, also known as Kyree Myst, is helping raise funds for medical and funeral expenses for the victims and families.
Of a $500,000 goal, more than $3,100 had been raised on the GoFundMe drive as of Sunday morning.
Patrons hailed as heroes as 5 dead, 25 injured in shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado Springs
Donations can be made at https://gf.me/v/c/lmgs/victims-of-club-q-colorado-springs-mass-shooting.
A small business advocate in Denver, Faith Haug of Good Judy Garage, is raising funds for families of the victims killed and to help those injured with medical expenses. The GoFundMe account had raised more than $13,000 toward a $25,000 goal as of Sunday morning.
“We hope to be able to give at least 5k to cover the funeral expenses of each of the 5 community members killed,” she wrote on the donation page, which is at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-club-q-families-and-survivors?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_lmgs+support-for-the-club-q-families-and-survivors.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is suspected of killing five and wounding 25 others at Club Q nightclub Saturday night, shortly before midnight.
Authorities said they were investigating whether the mass shooting was a hate crime.
Sunday, Nov. 20, is recognized worldwide as the Transgender Day of Remembrance, also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The observance memorializes people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia, a dislike of or prejudice against transgender people.
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