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Candlelight vigil, A Night of Resilience and Strength scheduled 2 years after Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of The Q by the Orbit Lounge, founded by former Club Q employees and shooting survivors Michael Anderson and Tara Bush, are hosting a memorial event Tuesday, the two-year mark since the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ dance club. A Night…
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Hundreds gather to commemorate second-year mark of deadly Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Ashtin Gamblin heard a loud noise near the front of Club Q on the night of Nov. 19, 2022, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I heard a really loud bang. I thought someone had thrown a snowball,” said Gamblin, who was…
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Colorado Springs police honor man who helped stop Club Q shooter among other awardees
When Navy Petty Officer Thomas James jumped into action at great risk to himself to stop the Club Q shooter on Nov. 19, 2022, Richard Fierro did the same, tackling the shooter to the ground and almost certainly saving lives. That’s why both men have now been recognized by the Colorado Springs Police Department for…
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Family and friends celebrate Club Q victim Raymond Green Vance
Raymond Green Vance would have turned 23 on Sunday. His family and friends decided they wanted to spend the day in a way he would have wanted. “We wanted to do something that reflected Raymond and giving is what he did. Now we can do it in his name,” said Ron Bell, Vance’s grandfather. The…
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[PRINT] Family and friends celebrate Club Q victim Raymond Green Vance (copy)
Raymond Green Vance would have turned 23 on Sunday. His family and friends decided they wanted to spend the day in a way he would have wanted. “We wanted to do something that reflected Raymond and giving is what he did. Now we can do it in his name,” said Ron Bell, Vance’s grandfather. The…
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A year after Club Q: Downtown Colorado Springs gathering honors trans victims of deadly shooting
Commemorating both the anniversary of the Club Q shooting and the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, Colorado Springs community members gathered at Acacia Park on Monday to celebrate the lives of two transgender people killed in the shooting one year ago. Several dozen gathered in coats and rain jackets to remember Daniel Davis Aston and…
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A year after Club Q: Events around Colorado Springs commemorate deadly attack
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, a crowd assembled outside the main entrance of Club Q, a former LGBTQ+ establishment in Colorado Springs, to honor those killed in a mass shooting one year ago today. One year after an armed assailant unleashed a hail of bullets inside Club Q, killing five people and injuring 17 others,…
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Families of Club Q victims to be honored at public event in Colorado Springs this weekend
The families of the five people killed in a mass shooting at Club Q last year will be honored at a public memorial event, 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday , at Indvstry Video Bar, 18 S. Nevada Ave., in Colorado Springs. Hosted by Indvstry, High Hopes Cannabis, and Dozo Sushi, the memorial will include a…
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Club Q remembrance: More public events announced to mark 1 year since Colorado Springs mass shooting
Two Colorado Springs organizations that advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and have worked closely with survivors of the Club Q shooting, are partnering to host a series of public and private memorial events on the one-year mark of the nightclub massacre that killed five people and injured 17 the weekend before Thanksgiving. Bread and Roses…
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Club Q changes plan, looks to reopen in a new location
Despite original plans to remodel and reopen inside the Colorado Springs nightclub where a mass shooting killed five people on Nov. 19, 2022, Club Q now says it will relocate the LGBTQ+ venue about 4 miles south — in a new space, with a new vibe and with a new, but still familiar, name. A…