Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting
https://apnews.com/article/shootings-colorado-springs-e098d88261db6bcfc0774434abbb7a8f
Anderson Lee Aldrich: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know https://heavy.com/news/anderson-lee-aldrich/
Aldrich is the grandson of outgoing Republican state Rep. Randy Voepel, the former mayor of Santee, California. There were calls to expel Voepel from the state Assembly after he made comments comparing the January 6 attacks to the Revolutionary War. Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, has written posts praising Randy Voepel on Facebook and confirming he is her father.
“This is Lexington and Concord. First shots fired against tyranny,” Randy Voepel, who was defeated in a Republican primary in August 2022, said in a San Diego Union-Tribune article three days after January 6. “Tyranny will follow in the aftermath of the Biden swear-in on January 20th.” According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Voepel “later tweeted that he condemned violence and lawlessness.”
The 22-year-old suspect who allegedly entered an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs and killed five and injured 25 is being charged with 10 counts including five counts of bias-motivated crimes.
https://www.fox21news.com/club-q-shooting/club-q-shooting-suspect-being-charged-with-hate-crime/
Accused Colorado gunman Anderson Aldrich’s mom had run-ins with law
Laura Voepel, the mother of accused Colorado Springs mass shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich, has three outstanding warrants for her arrest in California.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/22/accused-colorado-gunmans-mom-had-several-run-ins-with-law/
CBS interviewed his best friend who only remembers one homophobic slur and talked about the shooter's drug addiction and love of gaming.
His path to radicalization wasn't subtle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/21/colorado-springs-qbar-shooter/
He livestreamed his 2021 armed standoff with police.
The criminal charges were dropped and no Red Flag Law was applied.
There needs to be accountability for this crap.
The homophobic father is a former MMA fighter turned porn star.
Only KKTV 11 News obtains arrest papers likely tied to Club Q shooting suspect for alleged bomb threat https://www.kktv.com/2022/11/23/kktv-obtains-old-arrest-papers-likely-tied-club-q-shooting-suspect-alleged-bomb-threat/
Colorado Springs shooter’s non-binary claim won’t stop hate crime charges, legal experts say
https://news.yahoo.com/colorado-springs-shooter-non-binary-093055782.html
Been doing this for 25 years. This family has got to be in my top 10 for trashiest family of a mass killer.
The father was on Divorce Court and his then wife accused him of stealing from her to support his crystal meth addiction.
After Colorado Springs mass shooting, Gov. Polis considers changes to strengthen 'red flag' law
The governor said Sunday the response to the killings needs to be "national."
@jjmacnab he was also in an episode of 'intervention', season 6 episode 8, meth addict. did 3yrs in federal prison for smuggling weed from Mexico when he was 21
@jjmacnab I’m so glad it was a Second Amendment Sanctuary zone. He was in real danger of losing access to weapons of mass murder. </sarcasm>
@jjmacnab yeah. I’m betting the claims of non-binary status are bogus: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/club-q-shooting/former-neighbor-says-club-q-suspect-hated-lgbtq-community/73-d705c231-24c2-496e-ac20-bfe3e373d9f4
@jjmacnab his 'intervention' episode had a tiff between him and that wife. she had to go back to porn work to bail him out/pay attorney fees. heck of a guy
@jjmacnab Meth head. I knew it. One look at that ‘Whew. At least he’s not gay’ video.
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More & more keeps coming out & I'm surprised this kid made it as long as he did.
@jjmacnab To give "constitutional" sheriffs laws they can decide not to uphold?
Because more or less arbitrary defiance of the written law seems to be the primary reason for the existence of the constitutional sheriff movement.
@jjmacnab I think like here, it depends on the sheriff. Some sheriff's just refuse to enforce it.
Earlier arrest report. He threatened to kill his grandparents, commit mass murder, and said he was building a sizable bomb.