Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty in January to federal hate and gun charges after five killed in Club Q shooting
A person looks on at the flowers and mementos left at a memorial at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on 26 November 2022.A person looks on at the flowers and mementos left at a memorial at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on 26 November 2022.Springs, Colorado, in 2022 pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday.
On 19 November 2022, Aldrich drove to Club Q – one of the few queer bars in Colorado Springs – wearing a tactical vest and armed with a rifle and several rounds of ammunition. Aldrich fired 60 rounds before, who came to the bar to watch a drag show, managed to pin Aldrich down, according to court documents filed by prosecutors. Once authorities arrived, the once safe space “looked like a war zone” with those escaping physical injury trying to comfort and care for the injured, prosecutors wrote.
“The defendant committed these crimes because of the actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity of the Club Q patrons and employees,” according to the sentencing statement. “The victims and survivors of the shooting and the other members of the Club Q community viewed each other as chosen family, and Club Q was a safe place for members of that family to gather and celebrate.”
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