One-by-one, victims stood in a Colorado courtroom to confront the person who pleaded guilty to murdering five people and injuring 17 others in a shooting last year at a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community
In this image taken from video provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch, Anderson Lee Aldrich, left, the suspect in a mass shooting that killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub last year, appears in court Monday, June 26, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they pleaded guilty in the attack. The defendant faces life in prison on the murder charges under the plea agreement. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
Richard Fierro, a military veteran who joined others to stop Aldrich’s shooting spree last November at the Club Q nightclub, stared at Aldrich as he spoke, his voice raising with palpable anger. “I stood above him. My only thought was throw my foot down, stop him, and after what I imagine was ten strikes, I stopped,” Norman said.
Aldrich — who identifies as nonbinary and uses they and them pronouns — did not reveal a motivation during Monday's hearing and declined to address the court during the sentencing.
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