Tag: Club Q
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Federal charges filed for threats to Colorado LGBTQ+ businesses by New York woman
A New York woman faces federal hate crime charges in Colorado for making threatening calls to LGBTQ businesses in Denver and Glendale, allegedly saying they would be “shot up like Club Q.” Sharon Robinson, 40, made several calls with threats and slurs in early December, a few weeks after the Club Q massacre in Colorado…
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Club Q lays groundwork for ‘phoenix-like’ rebirth; remodel, on-site memorial planned
When the founding owner of Club Q and his newly-appointed advisory and development team set out to design a permanent on-site memorial to the victims and survivors of the massacre last year in Colorado Springs, they found themselves on a well-worn but largely unmarked path through a uniquely American landscape. Only a fraction of the…
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Anderson Aldrich, the alleged Club Q shooter, has motions hearing vacated
The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that a motions hearing for alleged Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich scheduled for Friday had been vacated. The motions hearing for Aldrich was set at an earlier hearing on March 31, where Judge Michael McHenry stated he couldn’t rule on one motion filed by the defense…
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Army vet who helped end Club Q mass shooting to be honored by Red Cross
The gratitude and honors continue for Club Q hero Richard Fierro, one of two men who sprung into action to subdue a mass shooter at the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The decorated Army veteran, who served four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, will receive the “Lifesaving Military Hero of the Year…
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Club Q shooting victims in ‘financial crisis’ call for release of funds
A puckered bullet wound on the underside of Ashtin Gamblin’s bicep leads to a tattoo on her wrist, which says, “I’m fine” — a hideous ode to the physical and psychological injuries experienced in a mass shooting. Gamblin hasn’t worked since she was “bombarded by a gun” while minding the front door of Colorado Springs’ Club…
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Club Q in Colorado Springs announces plans to reopen later this year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Club Q is expected to reopen by fall 2023, one year after the LGBTQIA+ nightclub became the site of a mass shooting that claimed five lives in November 2022, according to a news release shared on social media Monday. The interior of Club Q will…
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No ‘red flag’ order sought despite earlier threats by man in murder-suicide outside Jehovah Witnesses worship hall
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The man who killed his wife and then himself on Christmas Day outside a Jehovah’s Witnesses worship hall, which he tried to blow up with pipe bombs, made shooting and bomb threats to family members and businesses more than a year earlier. Enoch Apodaca, 46, possessed guns, had been investigated before for bomb making and had…
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NEWS | Update on Club Q hero Rich Fierro and Atrevida Beer Co
Rich Fierro, the army vet who tackled the Club Q mass shooter, and his wife Jessica, give an update on life after the shooting and business at their Colorado Springs brewery, Atrevida Beer Co.
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Club Q partners with Colorado Springs firm for permanent memorial
Club Q announced Thursday that they have partnered with Colorado Springs-based architecture and planning firm HB&A. In a release posted on Facebook, Club Q said HB&A will lead the concept design for a future layout and design a permanent memorial outside the club. A woman-owned small business, HB&A specializes in architecture and planning. According to the…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders — which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others —…