Booking Photo Of Club Q Accused Gunman Released: Colorado Springs PD

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Colorado Springs police released the booking photo of the person who is accused of killing 5 and injuring at least 18 more during a shooting spree at LGBTQ+ haven Club Q Saturday night.

Officers arrived at exactly midnight and the accused gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was taken into custody minutes later, according to police.

Aldrich, who was said to be carrying multiple guns and additional ammunition magazines, faces murder and hate crime charges. The accused gunman was ordered held without bail in an initial court appearance Wednesday.

Defense attorneys said late Tuesday that the suspect is nonbinary and in court filings referred to the suspect as “Mx. Aldrich."

Prosecutor Michael Allen repeatedly referred to the suspect as “he” during a press briefing after the hearing and asserted that the suspect's gender status would not change anything about the case.

Aldrich's next hearing is set for December 6.

Aldrich was born in Orange County and had a troubled childhood, according to a report in Denver Gazette.

The Gazette reported that Aldrich's biological father Aaron Brink "dabbled in drugs and worked in the porn industry," and their mother Laura Voepel was arrested multiple times.

The pair divorced in September 2001, when Aldrich was around 16-months-old, according to the outlet.

Citing Texas court records, the outlet reported that Aldrich was born Nicholas Franklin Brink and had their name changed in 2016—during a time when they were apparently being bullied online—to Anderson Lee Aldrich.

It is not clear whether any part of Aldrich's upbringing is related to the attack at Club Q.

The Associated Press contributed to the report.