>>> TONIGHT, TRAGEDY IN COLORADO SPRINGS. AFTER A GOVERNMENT TAX AND LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB. >> HAS ALL THE REST OF THE MUZZLE AND LOOK TO MY LEFT. >> PEOPLE INSIDE SURE THE HORRORS OF WHAT HAPPENED. >> I REALIZED THE SHOOTER WAS LOOKING IN OUR DIRECTION. >> Reporter: PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND MOTIVE, WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HEROES WHO STOP THE KILLER. >> AT LEAST TWO HEROIC PEOPLE INSIDE THE CLUB CONFRONTED AND FOUGHT WITH THE SUSPECT. >> FOR 2 TO 2 PEOPLE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE MANY OTHERS. >> DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LIES, STOPPED THE MEN COLD.
>>> A LIVE LOOK, TONIGHT, AT A MEMORIAL IN COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR CLUB QUEUE. PEOPLE HAVE SPENT THE DAY PAYING THEIR RESPECTS AND WARNING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE CENSUS ATTACK. A HUGE CROWD TURNED OUT FOR THIS INTERFAITH SERVICE IN THE SPRINGS. THIS IS TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, A DAY SET ASIDE TO REMEMBER THOSE KILLED IN ANTI- TRANS VIOLENCE. ON THIS NIGHT, THEY REMEMBERING THOSE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING. GOOD EVENING, I'M KELLY WORKMAN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CBS 4. NOW, STREAMING ON CBS NEWS COLORADO. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, LAST NIGHT. THE GUNMAN KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND WOUNDED 25 OTHERS. POLICE SAY, PEOPLE INSIDE THE CLUB STUFF THAT I'M IN BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED. 22-YEAR-OLD ANDERSON ALDRICH IS NOW IN CUSTODY. THE MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR. OUR TEAM COVERAGE INCLUDE SPENCER WILSON AND OLIVIER YOUNG TALKING WITH WITNESSES AND LEADERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. WE BEGIN WITH KAREN MORFITT AND, WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. KAREN? >> Reporter: WELL, KELLY, IT'S BEEN NEARLY 24 HOURS. THIS REMAINS A VERY ACTIVE SCENE. YOU CAN SEE, THE COMMAND CENTER . LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN THROUGH HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, COMING TO THE PARKING LOT, NEARBY PARKING LOT, LOOKING FOR BULLET HOLES IN NEIGHBORING IS IN HIS WALLS AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF CLUB Q, WHERE WITNESSES TELL US IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE. >> HOURS AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE INSIDE OF CLUB QUEUE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD BE SEEN COMING OVER THE CRIME SCENE.
>> WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT JUSTICE FOR THE ITEMS, IN THIS SENSE IS AN EVIL SHOOTING IS BROUGHT. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT, ALDRICH, WAS STOPPED BY TWO GREAT PATRONS. MICHAEL ANDERSON, BARTENDER AT CLUB QUEUE, SAYS THAT THEY SAVED HIS LIFE. >> THEY TACKLED HIM. THEY WERE BEATING HIM UP. THEY GAVE ME ENOUGH TIME TO GRAB MY STUFF AND LEAVE. >> JERICHO LOVE ALL, SHOT IN THE LEG, NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, SAW THEM LEAP INTO THE ACTION. >> PEOPLE THEY GOT ON TOP OF THEM HAD PEOPLE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT. THE GUY HELD HIM DOWN AND KEPT HIM DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. >> Reporter: THE GUNMAN, NOW IN CUSTODY, QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PAST OUR SERVICING.
>> OUR DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING INTO THE HISTORY OF MR. ALDRICH AT THIS POINT. >> LAST YEAR, ANDERSON ALDRICH, OF THE SAME AGE, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A BOMB THREAT THAT LED TO THE EVACUATION OF AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING AND FEDERAL FELONY MENACING. A CASE, ACCORDING TO THE GAZETTE , COLORADO SPRINGS PAPER, WAS NEVER PROSECUTED. >> THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOL WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. WHEN WE CAN RELEASE INFORMATION, WE WILL. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS WILL NOT SAY THAT THE SHOOTING WAS A HATE CRIME, ONLY THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE INVESTIGATION THROUGH THAT LENS. THOSE WHO SAW CLUB Q AS THEIR SAFE HAVEN BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON THE COMMUNITY. >> IT'S NOT A SAFE SPACE ANYMORE. IT'S NOT. PERSONALLY, I CANNOT GO BACK IN THERE.
I KNOW I HAD. I DON'T WANT TO. >> INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED THAT 2021 CASE, LAST YEAR, TO THIS SHOOTER, DESPITE THE SAME NAME. BECAUSE THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED, THE COURT RECORDS ON AND HAVE LIKELY BEEN SEALED. THE NEXT UPDATE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN SOMETIME TOMORROW, BEFORE NOON. FOR NOW, LIVE IN CARLOS BEING'S, KAREN MORFITT. REAM'S >>> THE COLORADO SPRINGS CHIEF CALLED CLUB Q A SAFE HAVEN FOR OUR LGBTQ CITIZENS. HIS OWN AS JOINT EVENTS ALL DAY, SHOWING THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS. SPENCER WILSON SPOKE WITH THOSE OWNERS ARE RELATED DAY. SPENCER, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A HARD JOURNEY FOR THEM, EVEN SINCE THEY OPENED THE CLUB. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER.
20 YEARS AGO, THEY SAID THE CITY DIDN'T EVEN WANT THIS CLUB YEAR. THEY SAID, THIS IS A DISTANT REMINDER THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE HERE IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHO DON'T WANT THEM HERE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO ACT ON THAT. CLUB Q'S OWNERS KNOW WHO IS IN THE CLUB, SATURDAY NIGHT. FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES. A STATE PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY THAT THEY HELPED FOSTER AND GROW. NOW, MORNING AFTER THE CENSUS TRAGEDY. >> Reporter: TO BE DOING THAT ON A NORMAL SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH NO WARNING, IT'S TERRIFIC. >> Reporter: THERE ARE STORIES OF HEROES. SOMEONE CHARTS THE GUNMAN AND TOOK THEM DOWN. >> SOME WOULD SAY, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LIFE STOPPED HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS RUNNING AWAY. >> Reporter: PROTECTING PEOPLE IN A PLACE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE. THE OWNERS SAY, CLUB Q WAS THE ONLY BAR IN COLORADO SPRINGS FOR MANY YEARS. THE ONLY PLACE WHERE SOME PEOPLE COULD BE THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: HAS GIVEN PEOPLE A SENSE OF HOME, A SENSE OF SAFENESS, A SENSE OF ABILITY TO COME OUT — FIND THE GENDER WITHOUT THE JUDGMENT OF OTHERS. >> Reporter: ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN THAT HAS A HISTORY OF A LACK OF SUPPORT. >> WE ARE SO LUCKY, HOW IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST 20 YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE. >> THAT WORK IS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. FOR THE MOMENT, THE GRIEF BECOMES TOO MUCH. >> IS GOING TO TAKE DAYS, IF NOT WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS FOR OURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND. THE HATE, THE INJURIES, THE DEATH THAT CAME LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE OWNERS WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, THE SATELLITE HOTEL HAS GIVEN THEM A ROOM FOR ANYONE TO COME OVER TO HELP SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
