


The suspect in a shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado in November, which killed five people, pleaded guilty to murder charges in court on Monday.
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder, among other charges, per the Associated Press.
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“I intentionally and after deliberation caused the death of each victim,” Aldrich told Judge Michael McHenry, per the outlet.
Aldrich will likely face life in prison for allegedly opening fire in the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 20, 2022. He was stopped and tackled by Army veteran Richard Fierro, according to police. He had two guns on hand and killed five people while also injuring more than a dozen others.
Among the charges pressed against Aldrich were five counts of bias-motivated crimes that caused bodily injury, with the Justice Department reportedly considering pressing hate crime charges against the suspected shooter.
In a court filing shortly after the shooting, attorneys for Aldrich said the suspected shooter was "non-binary" and preferred to be referred to by "they/them" pronouns.
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Fierro, who stopped the alleged gunman, was invited to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in February by Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO).
Fierro was attending the nightclub with his wife, daughter, and his daughter's boyfriend. Both his wife and daughter were injured in the shooting, while his daughter's boyfriend was one of the five people killed.