Don Lemon: Last News

6 Minutes of Terror: How the Deadly Club Q Shooting Unfolded

(CNN) — Michael Anderson was mixing drinks at Club Q Saturday night when he heard popping sounds amid the loud, thumping music.He wasn't worried at first. The pops sounded like some sound effects popular at LGBTQ clubs, the bartender told CNN's Don Lemon. Then he looked up and a figure came into his line of sight, clutching a weapon."I saw the outline of a man wearing a rifle at the entrance of the club," he said.Anderson froze.Confused and suddenly terrified, he ducked behind the bar.

All around him came a chaotic mix of gunfire, screams and breaking glass."Glass began to spew everywhere all around me," he said. "It hit me this was actually happening, in real life, to me and my friends. ...

I feared I was not going to make it out of that club alive. I have never prayed so sincerely and quickly in my life as I did in that moment."Anderson kept his head down until the gunshots stopped, then ran out of the building tosafety. Others could not.Colorado Springs Police said they got the first 911 call at 11:56 p.m.

Within a minute, they had dispatched officers to the nightclub. By 12:02 a.m., the gunman was in custody..Six minutes. Some people trapped inside Club Q said it felt like an eternity.Those agonizing minutes left five people dead: Daniel Aston, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh, Derrick Rump and Raymond Green Vance.

Crime Colorado Springs

Don Lemon

www.advocate.com

Latest News

queerty.com
Lady Camden dishes on revealing doc ‘Lady Like,’ wig malfunctions & the best drag advice she’s ever received
RuPaul’s Drag Race is such a cultural mainstay that there’s as much talk about “narrative” as there is the actual competition, with fans debating over how queens’ time on the show is edited to give them a compelling story across any given season.In that sense, it has to be strange to be a queen joining the massively popular television show and introducing yourself to the wider world—albeit a version of yourself that is edited out of your control, and one that viewers will make snap judgments of based on what they see on the screen.That incongruity is at the heart of Lady Like, a fascinating new documentary from Luke Willis about London-born drag queen Lady Camden (a.k.a. Rex Wheeler)—who was runner-up on Drag Race Season 14—delving into what it takes to maintain one’s sense of self amidst skyrocketing to fame.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Camden’s narrative, so to speak, saw her pirouetting into the competition as something of an underdog, only to emerge as a serious threat for the crown midway through the season after a scene-stealing performance in a comedy acting challenge and a runway that included a gasp-inducing (planned) fall.Of course, that was just the beginning for Camden, and Lady Like pulls back the curtain to show us the artist beneath the wigs as she grapples with millions of people suddenly knowing who she is and manages to blaze a trailer of her own, both in drag and the world of ballet.Even the most ardent Drag Race fans will be wowed by this candid, thoughtful, and ultimately joyful look at a queen’s life in the spotlight.With Lady Like now available on most major digital VOD platforms, we invited Lady Camden to be the first guest in our on-going Q&A series Dishin’ It for 2025.
Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.