The Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect said during a previous arrest they wanted to be 'the next mass killer,' court documents show. The family refused to cooperate with charges against the suspect.
About a year and a half before being named the suspect in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Anderson Lee Aldrich was arrested after making bomb threats, threatening to kill family members and talking about becoming “the next mass killer,” according to court records unsealed Thursday.
Judge Robin Lynn Chittum of the Fourth Judicial District ruled the seal be lifted Thursday, saying public interest in the case outweighed the suspect’s right to privacy.“The only way for that scrutiny to occur is for this to be unsealed,” she said.of the documents earlier this week before they were unsealed.
The case has raised questions on why Colorado’s “red flag” laws were not used, given the threats Aldrich made in 2021., El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said there was no need to ask for a red-flag order because Aldrich’s weapons had already been seized as part of the arrest and the suspect couldn’t buy new ones. A protective order was in place through July 2022, authorities said.
Aldrich had also described amassing “ammunition, firearms and bullet-proof body armor” and storing it in the grandparents’ basement to become the “next mass killer.” The report states that the grandparents had been living in fear of Aldrich, whom the grandmother believed was building a bomb and had discussed “wanting to go out in a blaze.”
Voepel declined to comment Thursday evening. The suspect’s grandparents could not be reached for comment.
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