Anderson Aldrich pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal hate crime and gun charges for a mass shooting that killed five people at an LGTBQ+ club in Colorado Springs in 2022, according to multiple outlets, adding to the 24-year-old’s multiple life sentences on state charges for the Club Q shooting—while avoiding the federal death penalty.
The shooter is already serving multiple life sentences on state charges for killing five people and ... [+]
Aldrich reportedly pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crimes and 24 gun crimes as part of an agreement with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.
Judge Charlotte Sweeney will decide whether to accept the sentencing agreement after hearing victim testimonies, according to the Associated Press.
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2,212 years. That’s the sentencing Aldrich received last year after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted murder. This is the second-longest prison sentence ever handed out in Colorado, behind the 3,318-year sentence given to James Eagan Holmes, who was convicted for killing 12 people and injuring 70 others at the Aurora, Colorado movie theater in 2012.
This is a developing story and will be updated.