Amora Evans | U. Reading School of Law, GB, Author at JURIST

Colorado nightclub shooting suspect charged with murder, hate crimes

Amora Evans | U. Reading School of Law, GB

December 6, 2022 03:03:34 pm

A Colorado court Tuesday formally charged the suspect accused of killing five and injuring 19 in Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 19. Anderson Lee Aldrich was formally charged with murder, hate crimes and assault. Aldrich also faces five counts of bias-motivated crime resulting in injury and five counts of [...]

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