Photos: Mass shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado
Jessy Smith Cruz hugs Jadzia Dax McClendon the morning after a mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Sunday, November 20.
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Updated 4:27 PM EST, Sun, November 20, 2022
Five people were killed and 25 injured in a mass shooting Saturday at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, authorities said Sunday.
A 22-year-old gunman entered Club Q just before midnight on Saturday and immediately opened fire. Police praised « at least two heroic people » inside who confronted the shooter and stopped the attack.
Authorities say the alleged shooter, identified as a 22-year-old man, is in custody and receiving medical treatment. They are investigating whether the attack was a hate crime.
The location of the shooting recalls the 2016 attack at an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which a gunman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State killed 49 people. Colorado has been the scene of some of the most heinous mass shootings in US history, including the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora.
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