Anderson Lee Aldrich has pleaded guilty to the 2022 shooting at an LGTBI nightclub in Colorado Springs.
His statement and the sentence to life imprisonment saves victims’ and survivors’ families a lengthy and potentially painful process.
Last November, five people died and 19 were injured when the shooter entered Club Q and indiscriminately fired an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
On the night of the attack, Aldrich first entered the club at around 10:15 a.m. local time before making his way to the club’s garage. Around midnight, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a bulletproof vest, he returned to the club and began shooting.
Aldrich will comply five consecutive life sentences for five counts of first-degree murder.
Aldrich, 22 years old and who defines itself as non-binary and identifies itself as Mx Aldrichalso pleaded guilty to 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree, each carrying a 48-year prison sentence to be served consecutively.