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Shooting at Colorado gay bar leaves 5 dead, 18 injured

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At least are dead and 18 injured after a 22-year-old suspect entered Club Q in Colorado Springs Saturday night, Nov. 19, and started shooting, according to reports from numerous news outlets. CNN reports that several of the wounded are in critical condition.

Quick action by who customers moved to stop the shooter likely saved countless lives. Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez identified the shooter as Anderson Lee Aldrich, saying that he entered the club shortly before midnight and immediately started shooting, at least two customers reacted immediately to stop him, according to KOAA News.

Vasquez added, officers arrived on the scene within three minutes of the first call and had the shooter in custody two minutes later, the local TV station reports.

There is no word yet on the motive behind the shooting or whether it was a hate crime targeting the LGBTQ community. KOAA, however, does report that Club Q had advertised its Drag Divas drag show, starting at 9 p.m.

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