The 22-year-old accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in November ran a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs while gaming online, a police detective testified Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich also posted an image of a rifle scope trained on a gay pride parade and used a bigoted slur when referring to someone who was gay, Detective Rebecca Joines said. Her testimony came at the start of a hearing that will determine if there’s enough evidence to warrant that Aldrich face hate crime charges, in addition to other charges including murder and attempted murder. Aldrich, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns they and them, administered the obscure website that included what Joines described as a “neo-Nazi white supremacist” shooting training video glorifying mass shootings. (…) On the night of the shooting, according to authorities, Aldrich went to the club, left and then returned. Surveillance video showed Aldrich entering the club wearing a red T-shirt and tan ballistic vest while holding an AR-style rifle, with six magazines for the weapon and a pistol visible, police Detective Jason Gasper said. Soon after entering, Aldrich allegedly opened fire indiscriminately. Rep. Feenstra stops by Morningside University The shooting was stopped when Navy information systems technician Thomas James grabbed the barrel of Aldrich’s rifle, burning his hand it was so hot, Detective Ashton Gardner said in the most detailed account provided yet.
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siehe auch: The Alleged Club Q Shooter Ran a Neo-Nazi Website, According to Police, The website featured a video glorifying mass shootings. The Club Q shooting suspect ran a neo-Nazi website, shared anti-LGBTQ+ memes, and used homophobic and racist slurs in online gaming spaces, according to police testimony. The preliminary hearing in the case against 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich started in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. According to the Washington Post, Colorado Springs detective Rebecca Joines testified that Aldrich had sent a photo of a rifle scope aimed at a Pride parade in a Discord group. The detective also said that Aldrich ran a “neo-Nazi white supremacist” website that hosted a video called “wrong target,” which was described as a video glorifying mass shootings at mosques and temples in Europe, per KOAA News, a local Colorado outlet. Aldrich’s online friends confirmed that the suspect ran the website, and that while gaming, Aldrich would frequently use the N-word and call LGBTQ+ people “fags.” Joines also testified that there was a note found at Aldrich’s apartment that read, “Please relieve me of my own fate, I’m drowning in my own wake. How long must I wait for you to rid me of this hate?” A hand-drawn map of Club Q, which noted the entrances and exits, was also found in Aldrich’s apartment.