Colorado Springs nightclub shooting

Colorado Springs nightclub shooting
CCTV of the shooter entering the building
LocationClub Q, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
DateNovember 19–20, 2022
c. 11:56 p.m.[1] – 12:02 a.m. (MST)
TargetPatrons of Club Q
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, hate crime (violence against LGBT people), domestic terrorism[2][3][4][5]
Weapons
Deaths5
Injured26 (including the perpetrator; 19 by gunfire)
PerpetratorAnderson Lee Aldrich[9]
Defenders
  • Richard M. Fierro
  • Thomas James
Motive
VerdictPleaded guilty
Convictions
SentenceFive consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 2,211 years

On November 19–20, 2022, an anti-LGBT-motivated mass shooting occurred at Club Q, a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Five people were murdered, and 25 others were injured, 19 of them by gunfire. The shooter, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was also injured while being restrained, and was taken to a local hospital.[10][11][12][13] Aldrich was then charged and remanded in custody. On June 26, 2023, Aldrich pled guilty to the shooting and was officially sentenced to a total of 5 whole consecutive back-to-back life terms plus an additional consecutive 2,211 years all of it without the possibility of parole. On January 16, 2024, Aldrich was additionally charged with 50 federal hate crimes in connection with the shooting.[14][15]

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  15. ^ "Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison, victim says 'devil awaits' defendant". AP NEWS. June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

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