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Investigators later revealed that the two guns Aldrich had during the Club Q attack - the rifle and a handgun - appeared to be ghost guns, or firearms without serial numbers that are homemade and do not require an owner to pass a background check.Īldrich told AP in one of the interviews from jail they were on a 'very large plethora of drugs' and abusing steroids at the time of the attack. There was no new evidence that they could use to prove that Aldrich posed a threat 'in the near future,' the sheriff's office said. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said it would not have been able to seek a court order stopping Aldrich from buying or possessing guns because the 2021 arrest record was sealed after the charges were dropped.

But there was nothing to stop Aldrich from legally purchasing more firearms, raising questions immediately after the shooting about whether authorities should have sought a red flag order to prevent such purchases. Other relatives told a judge they feared Aldrich would hurt their grandparents if released, painting a picture of an isolated, violent person who did not have a job and was given $30,000 that was spent largely on the purchase of 3D printers to make guns, the records showed.Īldrich was released from jail then and authorities kept two guns - a ghost gun pistol and an MM15 rifle - seized in the arrest. However, the charges against Aldrich were thrown out in July 2022 after Aldrich's mother and grandparents, the victims in the case, refused to cooperate with prosecutors, evading efforts to serve them with subpoenas to testify, according to court documents unsealed after the shooting. Aldrich was then arrested after a standoff with SWAT officers that was livestreamed on Facebook. In June 2021, Aldrich's grandparents told authorities that they were warned not to stand in the way of a plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb.

One man wore a t-shirt saying 'Loved Always & Never Forgotten' in honor of victim Daniel Davis Aston, a 28-year-old bartender and entertainer at Club Q who was killed in the shooting.Īldrich hinted at plans to carry out violent attacks at least a year before the Club Q assault. The line to get through security early Monday snaked through the large plaza outside the courthouse as victims and others queued up to attend the hearing. 19 when the suspect walked into Club Q and indiscriminately fired an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle.

Victims' family members and survivors spoke at Monday's hearing about how their lives were forever altered by the terror that erupted just before midnight on Nov. The attack at Club Q came over a year after Aldrich had been arrested for threatening their grandparents and vowing to become 'the next mass killer.' But, charges were ultimately dropped in that case. People in the courtroom wiped away tears as Judge Michael McHenry explained the charges and read out the names of the victims. 'This thing sitting in this court room is not a human, it is a monster,' said Jessica Fierro, who's daughter's boyfriend was killed that night. Aldrich also pleaded no contest to two hate crimes, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor.

Victims called the Colorado Springs mass shooter a 'monster' who hunted down LGBTQ+ patrons in a calculated attack last year that killed five people, as the suspect faced life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to murder and other charges.Īnderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder. The guilty plea comes just seven months after the shooting and spares victim's families and survivors a long and potentially painful trial.ĬOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.