The operators of Club Q have announced plans to restructure the inside of the bar, implement new security precautions, and build a memorial to honor the lives lost. The club was the site of the Nov. 19 shooting that left five people dead.
that left five people dead and dozens more injured in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Matthew Haynes, the owner of Club Q hugs James Slaugh a survivor of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs after speaking at the House Oversight Committee hearing titled"The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence in the United States" on Dec. 14, 2022 in Washington, D.C."The biggest takeaway that this community has had, that I concur with, is that [the shooter] will not win," Haynes told ABC News. "This man will not take away our space.
Michael Anderson, survivor of Club Q shooting, listens to Matthew Haynes, founding owner of Club Q make his statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing, Dec. 14, 2022, in Washington.In recent meetings with city officials, including Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers, Haynes said Suthers has put Club Q staff in touch with an architecture firm to plan a memorial and address the damage done to the inside of the bar during the shooting, pro bono.
Since the tragedy, the bar owners and staff have also been tending to an ever-growing memorial outside of Club Q, lush with flowers, cards and artwork.
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