Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting
https://apnews.com/article/shootings-colorado-springs-e098d88261db6bcfc0774434abbb7a8f
Police identified the gunman as Anderson Lee Aldrich, who was in custody and being treated for injuries. A man with the same name and age was arrested in 2021 after his mother reported he threatened her with “a homemade bomb, multiple weapons and ammunition,” according to authorities.
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.”
Facebook posts made by his mother reveal he had been dealing with mental health issues. She posted often about her son in a Facebook group for women involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Colorado Springs area.
“A drag dancer stomped on the gunman with her high heels”
This, right here, would make a great statue.
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/
Everyone is focusing on the grandfather, but the mother is also interesting.
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.
According to the public defenders, the shooter self-identifies as non-binary.
The shooter's father doesn't care that his son is a mass murderer just so long as his son isn't gay.
The homophobic father is a former MMA fighter turned porn star.
Earlier arrest report. He threatened to kill his grandparents, commit mass murder, and said he was building a sizable bomb.
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/
Why does Colorado even have a red flag law on the books?
More on the shooter's father. Arrested for drug smuggling when he was a young adult, and for burglary and illegal possession of a firearm six years ago, right around the time the shooter legally changed his name.
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
@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