Andy Cohen says his 'heart breaks for the victims' of a deadly shooting at a LGBTQ nightclub
Andy Cohen shared a heartfelt message with his fans on Sunday in reference to the devastating shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.On Sunday, the 54-year-old reality television personality wrote to his 4.9M followers that his heart broke 'for the victims in Colorado.''My blood boils thinking about the many, many elected Republicans who foment hatred against LGBTQ people on a daily basis and then wash their hands of these attacks,' he wrote on his Instagram Story.
Devastated: Andy Cohen shared a heartfelt message with his fans on Sunday in reference to the recent shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs; seen in March 2022'The end result of dehumanizing an entire group of people is violence.
Always. 'We don't know the victims' names yet but I feel like I know them already. They could have been my friends. I hope next time it's not my friends (broken heart).' Authorities say that on Saturday night, a 22-year-old named Anderson Lee Aldrich entered a gay club wearing bulletproof armor just before midnight and opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle killing five and injuring 18 before he was stopped by at least two 'heroic' patrons. 'My blood boils thinking about the many, many elected Republicans who foment hatred against LGBTQ people on a daily basis and then wash their hands of these attacks,' he wrote on his Instagram Story 'Their actions clearly saved lives,' Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said at a news conference Sunday morning, noting that another firearm was found on the scene.Police did not give any information on the motivation behind the attack.They say it is too early to determine if the shooting was a targeted hate crime.
