Suspect In Club Q Mass Shooting Charged With 305 Counts, Including Hate Crimes And Murder

By CBS Denver Staff:

The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, sat upright in a chair during the hearing and appeared alert.

In an earlier court appearance just a few days after the shooting, the defendant's head and face were covered with bruises and the defendant, who according to court papers filed by their attorney is nonbinary and uses the pronouns they/them, had to be prompted by attorneys to respond to questions from a judge.

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