A 23-year-old suspect pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub last year that killed five people and injured 22 others.
Anderson Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted first-degree murder in the Nov. 19 attack at Club Q during his arraignment in El Paso County District Court on Monday.
Aldrich also pleaded no contest to two counts of bias-motivated crime, acknowledging that prosecutors likely could prove Aldrich acted at least in part because Club Q was an LGBTQ bar and was patronized by people who identify as LGBTQ.“We went to Club Q that night to celebrate, to dance, sing and laugh, only to have our entire futures ripped from us,” Kassandra Fierro, whose boyfriend was killed in the attack, said in court.
Aldrich originally was charged with more than 300 counts in connection with the massacre, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault and bias-motivated crimes. Video surveillance footage played in court showed that Aldrich donned body armor and attacked the club just before midnight,
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