The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the killing of five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub is nonbinary, the suspect’s defense team says in court filings.
Rev. Marta Fioriti attends a vigil service honoring the victims of the Club Q shooting at Vista Grande Community Church in Colorado Springs on Monday.
Aldrich, who was beaten into submission by patrons during Saturday night’s shooting at Club Q, was scheduled to appear in court for the first time Wednesday by video from jail. The motive in the shooting was still under investigation, but authorities said Aldrich faces possible murder and hate crime charges.
“Minor wishes to protect himself and his future from any connections to birth father and his criminal history. Father has had no contact with minor for several years,” said the petition filed in Bexar County, Texas.The suspect’s father is a mixed martial arts fighter and pornography performer with an extensive criminal history, including convictions for battery against the alleged shooter’s mother, Laura Voepel, both before and after the suspect was born, state and federal court records show.
Additionally, a YouTube account was opened in Brink’s name that included an animation titled “Asian homosexual gets molested.”Court documents laying out Aldrich’s arrest were sealed at the request of prosecutors. Aldrich was released from the hospital and was being held at the El Paso County jail, police said.
Authorities at the time said no explosives were found, but gun-control advocates have asked why police didn’t use Colorado’s “red flag” laws to seize the weapons Aldrich’s mother says her child had.
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