Tag: Club Q
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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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Club Q shooter’s mother living in Florida presents problems for court ordered mental health treatment
The move to Florida for the mother of convicted Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich presents potential problems for her misdemeanor criminal case, attorneys said in court on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Laura Voepel was found to be incompetent to stand trial after mental health professionals completed a court ordered evaluation. Voepel is facing misdemeanor charges…
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Accused Club Q shooter to return to court today — possibly for final time
Anderson Aldrich, the alleged perpetrator of the Club Q mass shooting, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday for an arraignment hearing, in what could be Aldrich’s final appearance in district court. Aldrich is accused of fatally shooting five people and injuring nearly two dozen more at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q on North…
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Club Q survivors, family members call on Colorado Healing Fund to release additional contributions
Survivors and family members of those killed or injured in the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs say seven months after the violence erupted at the popular LGBTQ+ nightclub on North Academy Boulevard they are still “pleading” to receive funds that have been raised in their name. About 10 of them gathered at City Hall…
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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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Club Q survivors, patrons, divided over whether LGBTQ+ nightspot should reopen and with an on-site memorial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ashtin Gamblin’s voice still quivers when she recounts the night of Nov. 19 when she was shot nine times while working as the “front door girl” at Club Q, an LBGTQ+ entertainment bar in Colorado Springs. “It was a regular night,” she said of her…
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Anderson Aldrich, the alleged Club Q shooter, has motions hearing vacated
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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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…