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Club Q shooting suspect changed name in 2016 to protect himself from birth father, court records show

DENVER — The man accused of opening fire in a Colorado Springs nightclub changed his name in 2016 to protect himself from his birth father and that man’s “criminal history,” according to court records obtained by The Denver Post.

The Denver Post

Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich is a registered member of the Mormon church, spokesman confirms

The church spokesman said it was “problematic” to disparage an entire faith based on the actions of a person who “did not exhibit signs of believing or associating with members of the Church”.

The Independent UK

Colorado Springs shooting: Suspected shooter changed his name at 15 due to online bullying

The Colorado Springs suspect changed his name from Nicholas Brink to Anderson Aldrich just before his 16th birthday

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Barrett Hudson took seven bullets in the back but still escaped the Club Q shooting

As more details emerge around what happened inside Club Q, the Colorado Springs gay nightclub that late Saturday night became the scene of Colorado’s latest mass shooting when five people were killed, a man who identified himself as a survivor of the attack has shared a harrowing story on social…

The Denver Post

Colorado Springs shooting – live: Suspect released from hospital as details of troubled childhood emerge

Suspected gunman, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faces at least five counts of murder charges

The Independent UK

The veteran who helped disarm the gunman at gay club says he followed his instincts

"I have nothing but love" for the gay community, says Army veteran Rich Fierro, one of two people police credited with subduing a gunman who went on a shooting rampage at a Colorado Springs nightclub.

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The US right is stoking anti-LGBT hate. This shooting was no surprise

What happened in Colorado Springs this weekend was part of a trend of escalating violence targeting gay spaces

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First Thing: Court battle begins over Trump’s special master review of papers

Should the former president lose, the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago will be available for the criminal investigation. Plus, your daily update on the Qatar World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Army veteran gives emotional account of tackling Colorado Springs gunman

Richard Fierro holds back tears as he describes horror of mass shooting

The Independent UK

Commentary: Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs follows 6 brutal years of Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

It’s 6:30 a.m., and my wife already has the news silently scrolling in the dark. “Colorado Springs,” she says. My bleary eyes focus on the carnage — again. It’s been six years since she woke me up early on a Sunday whispering “something terrible happened in Orlando.”

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Colorado attack should spark action

The worst — and best — of this country was reflected in Saturday's deadly attack on a Colorado Springs nightclub.

Tribune News Service

Colorado Springs police make point of identifying shooting victims ‘by how they identified themselves’

Five victims were named along with their pronouns

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Veteran hailed a hero in Colorado shooting says he did what he was trained to do

Authorities said Fierro's actions likely prevented further deaths.

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The Guardian - US

Colorado Springs shooter had allegedly threatened his mother with a bomb. Why could he still get a gun?

Anderson Lee Aldrich had his name changed from Nicholas Brink at 15 when disparaging posts on a website targeted him

The Independent UK

Rage and sadness as Colorado club shooting victims honored

Hundreds of people, many holding candles and wiping away tears, have gathered in a Colorado Springs park to honor those killed and wounded when a gunman opened fire on a nightlife venue that for decades was a sanctuary for the local LGBTQ community

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson slammed for dismissing anti-LGBT+ motive in mass shooting at Colorado Springs gay club

‘So the most obvious question is why did he shoot 30 people? The truth is we don’t know’

The Denver Post

Army veteran who pistol-whipped Club Q shooter with his own gun says he 'tried to finish him'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Army veteran who stopped the active shooter at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night said he wasn’t thinking when he rushed the man, grabbed his gun and beat the shooter with it — just reacting.

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The Independent UK

Club Q shooting news - live: Colorado Springs gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich taken down by US army veteran

Suspected gunman, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faces at least five counts of murder charges

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting suspect arrested on suspicion of hate crimes, murder; police lower number of injured victims to 18

DENVER — Colorado Springs officials on Monday identified the five people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub over the weekend and hailed the two men who stopped the gunman as heroes — but released few other details about the incident, the suspected shooter or a sealed 2021…

The Independent UK

Army veteran gives emotional account of tackling Colorado Springs gunman: ‘My family was in there’

Richard Fierro holds back tears as he describes horror of mass shooting

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting suspect arrested on suspicion of hate crimes, murder; police lower number of injured victims to 18

DENVER — The 22-year-old suspected of killing five and injuring 18 in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was arrested on suspicion of hate crime and murder charges, court records show.

The Independent UK

Veteran among those thanked for stopping gunman at gay club

Colorado Springs police is crediting two men for subduing a gunman at a gay club on Saturday night and saving lives in the process

Los Angeles Times

Man arrested on murder, hate crime charges in deadly shooting at Colorado gay nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man suspected of killing five people and injuring at least 18 others in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of murder and hate crimes, according to court records.

The Independent UK

How did the Colorado Springs gunman get his firearms despite the state’s ‘red flag’ law?

Colorado has laws designed to prevent dangerous people from buying guns – and yet they did not stop the deadly massacre at an LGBT+ club

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