Tag: Anderson Lee Aldrich
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El Paso County officials, club owners sued over Club Q mass shooting
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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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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How sealed criminal records in Colorado may be released to the public
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Community response to Club Q shooting could help Colorado Springs shed 30-year-old anti-gay image
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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How the El Paso County DA can keep arrest affidavit for Club Q suspect secret
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…