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The man accused of killing five people and injuring more than a dozen others at a gay bar in the US state of Colorado is facing preliminary murder and hate crime charges, several media outlets have reported, citing court records. Online court records showed that Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faced five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury in relation to the attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs, The Associated Press reported on Monday.

The Denver Post also reported that records showed that Aldrich was arrested on suspicion of murder and hate crimes, but official charges may eventually change. Aldrich, who was overpowered by patrons after opening fire in the club on Saturday night, is currently hospitalised while awaiting formal charges, Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said.

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The police department said on Monday afternoon that five people were killed in the attack that has sent shockwaves across the United States. Seventeen others suffered gunshot wounds, while another person was injured but not by gunfire, police said. A law enforcement official, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media, said the suspect used an ARstyle semiautomatic weapon, but that a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also shootinh recovered.

Colorado has experienced several mass killings, including at Columbine High School inin a movie theatre in suburban Denver inand at a Boulder supermarket last year. The attack on Saturday also came as the US has seen growing calls for stricter gun regulations in the aftermath of an attack at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

There is also no public record that prosecutors ever moved forward with felony kidnapping and menacing charges against Aldrich. Meanwhile, detectives were examining whether anyone had helped the suspect before the attack, said Shootinh, the police gay. Club Q is a gay and lesbian nightclub that features a drag club on Saturdays, according to its website.

Drag events recently have become a focus of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and protests as opponents, including politicians, have proposed banning children from them. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. We will not tolerate hate. Legislators and activists across the country also called for ending gun violence and hateful rhetoric against the community.

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