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A gunman entered a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club and immediately began firing with a long rifle late Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring 18, police said.
Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez praised „at least two heroic people“ inside Club Q who, he said, „confronted and fought with the suspect and were able to stop the suspect from continuing to kill and harm others.
„We owe them a great debt of thanks,“ Vasquez said at a news conference Sunday morning. „Their actions clearly saved lives.“
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The suspected shooter, who officials identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was injured in the incident, apprehended and hospitalized, Colorado Springs Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Pamela Castro said at an earlier briefing.
„We have numerous people transported to multiple local hospitals via ambulance and police cruisers. The hospitals are helping us to notify family who have been injured,“ Castro said.
Castro said she expected the number of casualties to change as the investigation unfolded.
„We will be here for many many hours to come,“ Castro said.
The FBI was assisting on the scene, she said.
“We thank the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack,” the nightclub, Club Q, posted on its Facebook page.
Vasquez said “at least two firearms were found at the scene” and that officials “are still working to identify the firearms and who they belong to,” but reiterated that the shooter used a long rifle.
