Tag: Kelly Loving
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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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Partner, dreams of wedding chapel bliss, die in Club Q rampage
Theirs was a whirlwind romance of laughter, lyrics and the unabashed sappiness of unexpected true love. Wyatt Kent and Daniel Aston’s friends at Club Q watched that love blossom over the months after the two met while working at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ venue — Aston behind the bar, and Kent as a drag performer. Their…
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Club Q attack: What we know and don’t know
A week and a half after Colorado Springs’ Club Q shooting, many rumors and hundreds of local and national media reports can be confusing. The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes have compiled the most up-to-date, factual information on the Nov. 19-20 attack on Club Q. The following information was compiled through police reports, court appearances,…
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Club Q victims’ funeral details announced
Instead of celebrating the holidays, families of five loved ones who were killed in the Club Q shooting are planning funerals. The tributes are as different as the lives of those who died Nov. 19-20 around midnight. Two of the memorials are happening outside of Colorado, one is open to anyone who wants to attend…
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5 victims in Club Q mass shooting identified, as mourning continues around Colorado Springs
All five victims — whose ages ranged from 22 to 40 — of a Saturday night shooting rampage at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, were identified at a Monday afternoon news conference. Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez also named two patrons, Thomas James and Richard Fierro, who were in the bar when the…
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Live coverage: Club Q shooting news conference and update
Officials with the Colorado Springs Police Department and the city of Colorado Springs have scheduled a news conference for 3:30 p.m. Monday following the Club Q shooting that left five dead and 18 wounded. Click here for video from the news conference. Follow csgazette.com on Twitter for updates. Anderson Lee Aldrich, the man suspected in the fatal…