The Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs turns the stomach. Alleged gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich walked into the LGBT venue last Saturday night with a long rifle and a pistol. He killed five people and injured 25 more. He could have wreaked even more carnage had it not been for the remarkable heroism of army veteran Richard Fierro, who pulled the scumbag to the floor by the back of the ludicrous body armour he was wearing, before doing this to his face. Fierro says he was helped by another punter, who kicked Aldrich’s rifle away from him, and by a drag queen, who proceeded to stiletto Aldrich in the head. I’m sure none of them will ever have to buy a drink in Colorado Springs again.
Aldrich was apprehended, bloodied but alive. He’s facing five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime (aka a hate crime) causing bodily injury. In a twist many suspect is a troll, the 22-year-old Aldrich has since said he is ‘non-binary’, and should be referred to using they / them pronouns. Remarkably, many outlets are obliging him, while others are showing a scepticism they wouldn’t otherwise extend to those who identify as plural. (That hypocrisy is a topic for another day.)
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