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What we know about the shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club

A gunman killed five people and injured at least 25 others. Police are still investigating the motive and have yet to determine if it was a hate crime.
Law enforcement officers walk through the parking lot of Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday.

A gunman killed five people and injured at least 25 others at an LGBTQ nightclub late Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Authorities identified Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, as the suspect and took him into custody shortly after arriving on site at Club Q. Police are still investigating the gunman's motive and whether the attack constitutes a hate crime.

The attack comes six years after the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in modern U.S. history, when in Orlando, Fla.

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