A suspect accused of killing 5 individuals at an LGBTQ nightclub within the US has been charged with homicide, hate crimes and assault.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is accused of storming Club Q in Colorado Springs on 19 November throughout a drag queen’s birthday celebration.
During a listening to at El Paso District Court right this moment, he sat upright in a chair and appeared alert.
Police and witnesses mentioned a suspect barged into the membership with a rifle and a handgun and opened fireplace indiscriminately.
Another 22 individuals suffered gunshot wounds or different accidents.
Two males with army backgrounds – Iraq and Afghanistan struggle veteran Richard Fierro, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James – subdued the suspect till police arrived.
Mr Fierro informed reporters that he disarmed the suspect and pistol-whipped him into submission.
In his custody {photograph} Aldrich has bruises to his face and neck.
If convicted of first-degree homicide, Aldrich faces a compulsory life sentence with out the potential of parole.
If his case stays at state degree, he is not going to face the demise penalty as Colorado now not has that on its statute e book.
However, he may nonetheless face a demise sentence in federal court docket if prosecutors resolve to cost him with crimes below the US code.
Source: information.sky.com”
