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What we know about Anderson Lee Aldrich, suspect in mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub

A message to visitors sits at a makeshift memorial near the Club Q nightclub on Nov. 20, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The man suspected of carrying out the horrific shooting inside a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub over the weekend appears to have also been arrested last summer following an alleged bomb threat and long standoff with law enforcement.

Officials said Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, opened fire inside the Club Q nightclub just before midnight Saturday, killing five and wounding at least 25, before “heroic” patrons stopped the gunman.

Little has been confirmed about Aldrich

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