Tag: club q
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Federal judge rejects constitutional claims, ‘expressions of hatred’ by Club Q defendant
A federal judge rejected a defendant’s claims that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel while facing federal hate crime and firearms charges for murdering five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub in 2022. Anderson Lee Aldrich is serving multiple lifetime sentences in prison on state murder charges, plus an effective life sentence for…
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Club Q lawsuit against El Paso County approaches major ruling
El Paso County maintained a “state-created danger” in the year leading up to the 2022 Club Q shooting, an attorney told a federal appellate court in Denver this week. The hearing follows years of litigation by Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin, which Club Q victims hired in November 2024 to pursue a federal complaint…
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Case involving Club Q shooter’s mom dismissed by court
The misdemeanor case of the mother of Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich was dismissed on Tuesday due to her ongoing competency issues, more than two years after charges were first filed. Laura Voepel, 47, was facing misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after police told Voepel on Nov. 20, 2022, that her child, Aldrich,…
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Candlelight vigil, A Night of Resilience and Strength scheduled 2 years after Club Q shooting
The owners of The Q by the Orbit Lounge, founded by former Club Q employees and shooting survivors Michael Anderson and Tara Bush, are hosting a memorial event Tuesday, the two-year mark since the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ dance club. A Night of Resilience and Strength: Two Years After Club Q is…
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Candlelight vigil, A Night of Resilience and Strength scheduled 2 years after Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of The Q by the Orbit Lounge, founded by former Club Q employees and shooting survivors Michael Anderson and Tara Bush, are hosting a memorial event Tuesday, the two-year mark since the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ dance club. A Night…
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Hundreds gather to commemorate second-year mark of deadly Club Q shooting
When Ashtin Gamblin heard a loud noise near the front of Club Q on the night of Nov. 19, 2022, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I heard a really loud bang. I thought someone had thrown a snowball,” said Gamblin, who was working the door at the LGBTQ+ nightclub. “Then I looked…
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Hundreds gather to commemorate second-year mark of deadly Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Ashtin Gamblin heard a loud noise near the front of Club Q on the night of Nov. 19, 2022, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I heard a really loud bang. I thought someone had thrown a snowball,” said Gamblin, who was…
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Club Q memorial gathering planned as 2-year anniversary of tragedy nears
A gathering to memorialize the victims and honor survivors of the Club Q mass shooting is planned for Sunday outside the since-closed LGBTQ+ dance club at 3430 N. Academy Blvd., where a bias-motivated attack killed five people, injured dozens, and sent shock waves of grief and fear through Colorado Springs on Nov. 19, 2022. The…
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Club Q memorial gathering planned as 2-year anniversary of tragedy nears
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A gathering to memorialize the victims and honor survivors of the Club Q mass shooting is planned for Sunday outside the since-closed LGBTQ+ dance club at 3430 N. Academy Blvd., where a bias-motivated attack killed five people, injured dozens, and sent shock waves of grief…
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Club Q shooter expected to plead guilty, accept sentence in federal case
Anderson Aldrich, the convicted killer in the Club Q mass shooting, is set to enter a guilty plea and accept a prison sentence on June 18 in federal court, new court documents obtained reveal. On June 26, 2023, Aldrich pleaded guilty to 51 charges at the state level for killing five people at the Colorado…