Anderson Lee Aldrich is in a prison in the US as the alleged perpetrator of the shooting at a US gay club in which 5 people died and at least 25 were injured
The details of the identity of the author of the last deadly shooting in Colorado, United States. Anderson-Lee Aldrich, 22, could be seen briefly on video in his appearance before the county judge in El Paso, Colorado. The wounds on her face and head were more than visible, after one of the clients of the Q Club of Colorado Springs, disarmed, struck and immobilized him, a maneuver that prevented "solo” will kill five people and left another 25 injured.
The judge charlotte ankeny ordered jail without bail on preliminary charges of murder and hate towards sexual orientation. The club he walked into with his AR-15 rifle and pistol is a well-known establishment as a community haven. LGBTIQ +. In that appearance from jail, the first after having been hospitalized until Tuesday, since early Sunday morning, Aldrich he was slumped in a chair and needed the help of his lawyers to support himself.
It seems unquestionable that he wielded the semi-automatic rifle. Another thing is to show the hate crimes, in which it has to be proven that the attack was motivated by prejudice towards its victims due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
When the judge asked his name, the detainee offered a confused answer. His defense argues, as a legal workhorse against hate crimes, that the suspect is "no binary” and in the documentation filed with the court refers to him as “Max. aldrich”. In their clarifications, the lawyers pointed out that the defendant uses the pronouns in the third person of the plural, the they / them, to refer to himself.
The Colorado shooter's dad on finding out his son murdered people: “They started telling me about the incident, a shooting… And then I go on to find out it's a gay bar. I got scared, 'Shit, is he gay?' And he's not gay, so I said, phew… I am a conservative Republican.” (@ CBS8) pic.twitter.com/7Zw4vpLtjE
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) November 23, 2022
The detainee's father was homophobic
Aaron Brick, who describes himself as a former porn actor, He claimed to be shocked by the alleged attack carried out by his son. What surprised her the most is that “they were a gay bar”. Some acquaintances explained that Brink he was proud that his son was not homosexual. His father said that he had not had much contact with him because his ex-wife assured him several years ago that his son was dead.
However, Brink he is proud that he taught him how to fight, "praised" violent behavior at an early age. He, in turn, acknowledged that he felt dejected by the actions of his son: «There are no excuses to go kill people. If you kill people, something is wrong, it's not the answer".
Brink has also declared the New York Times that always "express disapproval of gay people when his son was younger. “There are no homosexuals in the Mormon Church”, he assured CBS.
