Club Q shooting Sunday | Evening update

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A 22-year-old man is in police custody after at least five people were shot and killed, and 25 injured, in a mass shooting at the Club Q gay club in Colorado Springs late Saturday night.

A 22-year-old man is in police custody after at least five people killed and 25 others were injured in a mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs late Saturday night.

The first call about the shooting at Club Q came into dispatch three seconds before 11:57 a.m. Saturday, according to Lt. Pamela Castro, a spokesperson for the Colorado Springs Police Department. The first officer was dispatched at 11:57 p.m., she said, and the first officer arrived at the club at midnight.

The suspect, identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was taken into custody at 12:02 a.m., according to Castro, and is being treated for injuries at a local hospital.

Denver7 is still working to confirm more details about Aldrich. The State Court Administrator’s Office said just before noon that “at this time,” it did not have any public records tied to Aldrich. A man with the same name was arrested after making threats in El Paso County last year, but officials have not confirmed whether it was the same man as of noon Sunday. Court records show charges were not filed in that specific case from last year.

Club Q, in a post on its Facebook page, as well as Colorado Springs officials, said patrons of the bar fought and subdued the attacker before officers arrived.

Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said the suspect immediately began shooting upon entering the club and two “heroic” people fought with him and were able to stop him from killing and hurting others.

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