The mass shooter who killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ bar Club Q in November 2022 will spend the rest of their life behind bars after accepting a plea deal.
Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged with 305 counts — including first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and bias-motivated crimes — following the Nov. 20, 2022, mass shooting at Club Q. On Monday, June 26, they pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree murder, 46 counts of attempted murder, and no contest to a class five felony bias-motivated crime and class one misdemeanor bias-motivated crime, reports NBC News.
Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged with 305 counts — including first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and bias-motivated crimes — following the Nov. 20, 2022, mass shooting at Club Q. On Monday, June 26, they pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree murder, 46 counts of attempted murder, and no contest to a class five felony bias-motivated crime and class one misdemeanor bias-motivated crime, reports NBC News.
- 6/26/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an Ar-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, sat upright in a chair during the hearing and appeared alert. In an earlier court appearance just a few days after the shooting, the defendant’s head and face were covered with bruises and Aldrich was slumped over and had to be prompted by attorneys to respond to questions from a judge.
Investigators said Aldrich entered Club Q, a sanctuary for the LGBTQ community in the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, just before midnight on Nov. 19 and began shooting during a drag queen’s birthday celebration. The killing stopped after patrons wrestled the suspect to the ground, beating Aldrich into submission,...
The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an Ar-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, sat upright in a chair during the hearing and appeared alert. In an earlier court appearance just a few days after the shooting, the defendant’s head and face were covered with bruises and Aldrich was slumped over and had to be prompted by attorneys to respond to questions from a judge.
Investigators said Aldrich entered Club Q, a sanctuary for the LGBTQ community in the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, just before midnight on Nov. 19 and began shooting during a drag queen’s birthday celebration. The killing stopped after patrons wrestled the suspect to the ground, beating Aldrich into submission,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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