Tag: Anderson Lee Aldrich
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El Paso County officials, club owners sued over Club Q mass shooting
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Two years after a gunman opened fire in an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring 25 more, several survivors and victims’ families filed a lawsuit this week that alleges the shooting could have been avoided. El Paso County Commissioners, former El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder, and the founder and co-owners…
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A year after Club Q: Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ+ community finding its feet
When her plan to organize a Pride festival in Fountain quickly swelled into an event big enough to require permits from the city (and a wayback machine to have filed them on time), Liz Rosenbaum opted to scale the inaugural event back to a low-key afternoon meetup for the LGBTQ+ community and allies in Colorado…
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A year after Club Q: Grief, healing, and lives forever changed
Almost one year after a deadly attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs, healing looks different for each of the more than 40 patrons, performers and employees who survived the mass shooting that killed Raymond Green Vance, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh, Daniel Aston and Derrick Rump. Some have found new purpose and a path forward,…
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Suspect in Club Q nightclub mass shooting expected to take plea deal: Report
The suspect in the mass shooting at Club Q last November is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 25, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution of last…
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Club Q shooting victims file notices to sue El Paso County
Several victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs and some of their family members have notified El Paso County officials they intend to file lawsuits, claiming the Sheriff’s Office “played a role” in the violence after it failed to invoke Colorado’s red flag gun law against the alleged shooter during an earlier 2021…
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Anderson Lee Aldrich: A history of family travail, personal violence
During Anderson Aldrich’s 22 years, his family led a gypsy-like existence hop-scotching between California, Colorado, Texas and back to Colorado again. His grandparents, who had a big part in raising Aldrich, left him behind when they moved to Florida in fall, 2021. Records show that his life started with an early divorce followed by series…
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How sealed criminal records in Colorado may be released to the public
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New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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Community response to Club Q shooting could help Colorado Springs shed 30-year-old anti-gay image
Last weekend’s tragedy at Club Q, when an attacker killed two bartenders and three customers and shot 17 others inside the nightclub before two patrons intervened, in several ways united what some view as a divided community. Differences on religion, politics and sexual orientation and identity seemingly were set aside as grief took over, and…
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How the El Paso County DA can keep arrest affidavit for Club Q suspect secret
The ability to take away a person’s freedom is one of the most serious powers held by a government. An arrest affidavit is a key document explaining to a judge — and the public — a law enforcement agency’s rationale for doing so. But an open records law in Colorado allows agencies broad discretion to withhold criminal justice records, and…
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Club Q shooting suspect makes first court appearance; wanted to be ‘next mass shooter,’ 2021 arrest papers show
Anderson Lee Aldrich, accused of fatally shooting five people and wounding 18 others at Club Q in Colorado Springs over the weekend, wanted to be “the next mass shooter,” according to arrest documents from last year acquired by Gazette news partner KKTV. Aldrich, whose attorneys said identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, made a…