Nic Grzecka’s voice was tinged with exhaustion as he spoke in some of his first comments since Saturday night's attack at Club Q, a venue Grzecka helped build into an enclave that sustained the LGBTQ community in conservative-leaning Colorado Springs.
Authorities haven’t said why the suspect opened fire at the club before being subdued into submission by patrons, but they are facing hate crime chargesThe co-owner of the Colorado Springs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen’s birthday celebration into a massacre said he thinks theis a reflection of anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has evolved from prejudice to incitement.
U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro spoke during a news conference outside his Colorado home about his efforts to subdue the gunman in Saturday’s shooting at Club Q. “Lying about our community, and making them into something they are not, creates a different type of hate,” said Grzecka.
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