Shooting in colorado gay club suspect

Aldrich also pleaded guilty to 46 counts of attempted murder. Anderson Lee Aldrich, who identifies as nonbinary, has pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. They pleaded no contest to two bias-motivated crimes. Aldrich will receive five consecutive life sentences without the possibility for parole on the murder charges, according to Judge Michael McHenry.

Aldrich will also receive 46 consecutive year sentences for the attempted murder counts followed by mandatory periods of parole, according to the judge. Your actions reflect the deepest malice of the human heart and malice is almost always born out of ignorance and fear," said McHenry. They will plead no contest to "a class five felony bias-motivated crime and class one misdemeanor bias-motivated crime" with associated sentences, according to McHenry.

They will also be sentenced to three years and days respectively for the bias-motivated crimes.

Club Q Colorado shooting: Attack was ended by dad and show performer

At least 19 people were also injured in the shooting. Loving's sister, Tiffany Loving, remembers her as "my compass, my best friend, my sister. Loving was a transgender woman. Investigators and witnesses said Aldrich opened fire as soon as they walked into Club Q before midnight on Nov. Patrons at the venue tackled Aldrich, subduing them until police arrived, according to witnesses.

In February, preliminary hearings were held on whether the case against Aldrich was strong enough to move forward. Their defense attorneys focused on Aldrich's mental health and highlighted Aldrich's history of drug use and claimed they suffered abuse at home to counter the messaging that Aldrich was motivated by hate.

Lead investigators for the state said Aldrich administered and ran a website that hosted a "neo Nazi white supremacist" shooting training video, according to testimony from lead detective Rebecca Joines in the preliminary hearings. Joines also said that Aldrich used gay and racial slurs when playing video games online, in testimony aimed at Aldrich's bias charges.

The defense has not openly commented on the case, as per Office of the State Public Defender policies. Stream on. By Kiara Alfonseca. June 26,PM. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, the suspect in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub appears with state public defenders Joseph Archambault and Michael Bowman before a judge during his advisement hearing in a video link from jail in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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