COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The man suspected of opening fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado's second-largest city over the weekend was previously arrested in an alleged bomb threat incident last year, ABC News has learned. But authorities said it's unclear whether the state's red flag law could have prevented the mass shooting.
According to a press release posted online last year by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report of a bomb threat on Rubicon Drive in the Lorson Ranch neighborhood of Colorado Springs, just south of the city's airport, on the afternoon of June 18, 2021. A woman had called, saying"her son was threatening to cause harm to her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition," the sheriff's office said.
Aldrich was booked into the El Paso County Jail on two counts of felony menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping, according to the sheriff's office. Colorado Springs ABC affiliate KRDO reported on the incident at the time. The court has sealed the arrest warrant and supporting documentation connected with Aldrich's latest arrest. According to the motion by prosecutors, if the records were"released, it could jeopardize the ongoing case investigation."
"[Aldrich] apparently had an altercation with his grandparents and threatened them with a weapon," Bowman told ABC News via telephone on Sunday."He left their house, which was less than five minutes from my house, ...and came over to my house and Laura let him in. And I know that he brought in a gun."
Last month, on Oct. 18, deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff showed up at Bowman's home seeking to conduct a wellness check on Voepel, according to Bowman, who said she hasn't heard from Voepel or Aldrich since the alleged bomb threat incident last year. "It made me very upset and angry that this person who did what he did last year, obviously had violent intentions, was let go and now five people are dead," she told ABC News."I think there's a lot of questions that need to be answered."
"But we're going to have to see what the investigation shows in terms of, you know, social media and things like that to make a clear determination exactly what the motive was," the mayor said in an interview on Monday. During a press conference on Sunday morning, police declined to say whether Aldrich is the same person arrested in last year's bomb threat incident.
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