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A judge had warned that the Club Q mass shooting suspect posed a potential threat

11:42am December 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A judge dismissed a kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter even though she had raised concerns about the defendant stockpiling weapons and explosives and planning a shootout.

In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22 (center) sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday. According to newly unsealed court documents, Aldrich was also charged with felony crimes in June 2021, but the case was dismissed.

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The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

5:34pm December 09, 2022

by Emily Olson

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.

Richard Fierro talks during a news conference outside his home Monday about his efforts to subdue the gunman in Saturday's fatal shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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

8:25am November 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

"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.

A Colorado Springs community service vehicle is parked Sunday near a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., where a shooting occurred late Saturday night.

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The gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

8:04am November 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than a year before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, the suspect allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb.

Bouquets of flowers and a sign reading "Love Over Hate" are left near Club Q, the LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a shooting on Sunday.

The Colorado shooting comes in a year rife with anti-LGBTQ sentiment, advocates say

5:00am November 21, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The shooting, which occurred on the eve of Transgender Remembrance Day, is the latest tragedy in a year that's felt particularly bleak, according to LGBTQ advocates.

Tyler Johnston, from left, his fiance Keenan Mastes-Holmes, and Altas Pretzeus embrace while paying their respects at a memorial for the victims of the weekend's shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Two patrons confronted the man who opened fire at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs

8:01pm November 20, 2022

by Don Clyde

Mayor John Suthers tells NPR one of the two patrons who fought the suspect grabbed a gun from the shooter and hit him with it. The motive behind the attack, which left at least five dead, is unknown.

Wongel Estifanos of Colorado Springs, Colo., died from her injuries on Sept. 5, 2021, after investigators said she fell 110 feet. She was visiting the amusement park during Labor Day weekend while on vacation with her family.

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Parents of a 6-year-old girl killed at a theme park file a wrongful death lawsuit

6:59pm October 20, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The lawsuit says there were at least two prior incidents at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado where the ride operators failed to properly secure passengers on the Haunted Mine Drop ride.

A screenshot from video recently released by the Colorado Springs Police Department, which captured the moments before De'Von Bailey ran from police and was shot in the back on Aug. 3. He later died from his injuries.

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Family Wants Independent Probe In Fatal Police Shooting Of Teen In Colorado

9:13pm August 16, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Colorado Springs police say De'Von Bailey reached for a firearm prior to running from officers. Bailey's family says newly released body camera footage disputes that version of events.

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo says a heavy hail storm damaged its infrastructure and killed two animals on Monday.

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Hail Storm Kills Two Zoo Birds

5:21pm August 07, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Much of the damage from this storm occurred in the parking lot. According to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, nearly 400 cars there were "severely damaged."

Last year, the ACLU of Colorado discovered nearly 800 cases where people had gone to jail in Colorado Springs, Colo., when they couldn't pay their tickets for minor violations. Pictured above is Alamo Square Park, site of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Mus

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Colorado Springs Will Stop Jailing People Too Poor To Pay Court Fines

11:45am May 05, 2016

by Joseph Shapiro

The Colorado city and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado have announced a settlement that will end the practice. The city will even give payouts to people who were wrongly sent to jail.

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