The suspect in the shooting at an LGBTQ bar was known as Nicholas Brink before legally changing his name more than six years ago in an effort to sever 'any connections to birth father and his criminal history,'' court records show.
in a confrontation with police last year. On the video, shot during the alleged June 2021 bomb threat incident called in by Aldrich's mother, Aldrich shows himself walking through the home wearing body armor and a helmet.
Aldrich ultimately surrendered; kidnapping and menacing charges were later dropped and the case was sealed.Last weekend's shooting in Colorado Springs deprived LGBTQ folks of one of the few gathering places that caters to them in the conservative city, at a time when such venues are dwindling nationally.
“There isn’t another gay nightclub for an hour’s drive,'' said Greggor Mattson, a professor of sociology at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and author of the forthcoming book, “Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places.” About half of all gay bars nationwide have closed down in the last 20 years, Mattson said, for reasons that include gentrification, increased acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community and the advent of smartphones and dating apps.The decorated former U.S. Army Majorsays he acted on instinct. Rich Fierro, 45, said his only thoughts were to save his family. His wife and daughter survived; his daughter's boyfriend, Raymond Green Vance, was fatally shot.
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