Colorado Springs nightclub shooting
| Club Q nightclub shooting | |
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CCTV of the shooter entering the building | |
| Location | Club Q, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Date | November 19–20, 2022 c. 11:56 p.m. – 12:02 a.m. (MST) |
| Target | Patrons of Club Q |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, hate crime (violence against LGBTQ people), domestic terrorism |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 26 (including the perpetrator; 19 by gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Anderson Lee Aldrich |
| Defenders |
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| Motive | Anti-LGBTQ extremism |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Federal
Colorado
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| Sentence | Federal Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, plus 190 years Colorado Five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 2,211 years |
On November 19–20, 2022, an anti-LGBTQ–motivated mass shooting occurred at Club Q, a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Five people were killed, and twenty-five others were injured, nineteen of them by gunfire. The shooter, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was also injured while being restrained, and was taken to a local hospital. Aldrich was then charged and remanded in custody. On June 26, 2023, Aldrich pleaded guilty to the shooting and state level charges and was officially sentenced to a total of five consecutive life terms plus an additional consecutive 2,211 years, all without the possibility of parole. On January 16, 2024, Aldrich was additionally charged with 50 federal hate crimes in connection with the shooting. On June 18, 2024, Aldrich pleaded guilty to the federal charges and was sentenced to 55 concurrent life sentences without parole, plus a consecutive 190 years.