Tag: Club Q Shooting
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Police complete scene investigation of Club Q shooting, update number of victims
Colorado Springs police have completed their investigation at the scene of the Club Q shooting and have revised the number of victims, according to an update released Monday afternoon. Also, starting Tuesday, police will release personal property, such as vehicles, and items patrons and employees may have left inside Club Q. The return of personal…
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‘A tragic and horrible situation’: Colorado emergency doctor recounts aftermath of Club Q shooting
Katy Picard, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, was having a fairly quiet shift last Saturday, with only a few patients in need of treatment, when a nurse gave her the news that changed everything. “One of the nurses came over to tell me that there was an active shooter … and…
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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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Prominent online fundraisers garner more than $1.6 million for Club Q shooting victims, families
Two prominent online fundraisers have raised more than $1.6 million to benefit victims and their families in the days since the Nov. 19 Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs, in addition to donations made through various other in-person and online fundraisers. Five people were killed and 18 others were injured in the violence that…
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Colorado Club Q vigils and fundraisers to attend this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vigils, memorials and fundraisers continue this weekend and into next week to honor the victims of the mass shooting that killed five people at Club Q in Colorado Springs last week. Community members and organizations are hosting events across Colorado to pay tribute to and…
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‘We will be strong again’: Club Q shooting survivor’s message to LGBTQ+ community
Anthony heard the shots first, and then he hid. “I was up by the front of the building, so I pretty much heard it first, along with everyone else that was up by the door. And after that, I don’t know what happened, because I just hid,” he told a room full of reporters at…
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Club Q shooting puts spotlight on preferred pronouns
When Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez publicly announced the names of the five deceased victims of a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub, he included the individuals’ pronouns, as submitted by their families. The action didn’t go unnoticed by national media, and was noted as something that may not have been done in the…
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Colorado tattoo parlor holds benefit for Club Q victims
When Carl Sanders first heard about Saturday’s mass shooting that left five dead and 18 injured at Club Q in Colorado Springs, his first thought was to reach out to his friends in the LGBTQ community. “Thankfully, they’re all OK,” said Sanders, a tattoo artist at West Side Tattoo on Colorado Avenue. Once he knew…
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Fundraising response for Club Q victims, families described as ‘generous’
People from around the nation are holding in-person and online fundraisers for victims and families of the Club Q mass shooting Saturday night in Colorado Springs. While the state has an official online donation site, the Colorado Healing Fund, a private online drive, also has become one of the largest appeals. Good Judy Garage in…
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People gather in Colorado and across U.S. to mourn Club Q shooting victims
The mass shooting at a Colorado Springs nightclub that left five people dead, and 18 injured, seems to have impacted people far beyond the city — or even state — borders. People throughout the United States, and from around the world, joined or will join together to remember the lives of the people who died…