– It’s sad, says Joshua Thurman in the video above. He was at work as a doorman at Club Q in Colorado Springs, where several people were shot last night. Utestaden is known for being a nightclub for queers. – It was a fairly normal evening. It was very full. Then I saw someone with a gun, says bartender Michael Anderson to the TV channel CBS News. He was also at work in the outer city. – It is one thing to see a crime scene, but it is another thing to see your friends and colleagues there, he says. When Anderson got out of the nightclub, he saw a person lying on broken glass who had been shot in the neck. Images of dead people, blood and broken glass have burned into his memory. – I can’t work there anymore. I don’t feel safe anymore, he says. Ten people are now hospitalized, some of them still in a critical condition. – The United States cannot tolerate such hatred, says President Joe Biden after the shooting. – Terribly sad – I am so terribly sad. My heart is broken, says chief investigator for the police, Adrian Vasquez, at a press conference on Sunday afternoon. – Club Q is a safe haven for our LGBT+ citizens. All citizens have the right to feel safe in our city. The attack must have been stopped by at least two of those who were present at the nightclub. Photo: KEVIN MOHATT / Reuters The suspect must have entered the club and started shooting, according to the police. He is said to have been stopped by “at least two” visitors to the club. Both the police and Governor Jared Polis have thanked those who intervened. A few minutes after the emergency services arrived, they should have gained control of the attacker. – These actions appear to have been carried out by one person, and do not reflect on us as a society, said District Attorney Michael Allen. – Actions that are done to create fear among specific communities within our society will not be tolerated. The police are still investigating whether anyone else may have been involved, but say they are not aware of any threats against other people or communities in Colorado Springs. CLUB Q: Video from an eyewitness shows large police forces who went out to shoot at a queer club in Colorado. Source: Twitter. Suspect is hospitalized The first report of the attack came just before midnight on Saturday evening, according to Lieutenant Pamela Castro in Colorado Springs. Both American police and the FBI rushed to the scene. – The police entered the building immediately. They found one individual, who we believe is the suspect, in there, Castro said earlier in the day. – Several people have been transported in ambulances and police cars to local hospitals. Club Q is a queer club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: KEVIN MOHATT / Reuters The suspect is receiving medical treatment in hospital after being injured during the shooting, police said further. It is unclear how the person concerned was injured. The communications department of the Colorado police asks people to stay away from the area and states that the road is closed in both directions. They also ask people who have not been able to contact their loved ones to call the police station for further information. Thanking customers at the utestad for stopping the attack In a post on Facebook, Club Q writes that they are “completely distraught as a result of the senseless attack”. They send that they are praying for and thinking of the victims and their families, and thank several of those who were present for their “quick reaction”. It was people on the outside who overpowered the attacker and stopped the attack, it says. Club Q reports the status of the outstation on Facebook. Photo: Screenshot According to the police, it is too early to say anything about the motive for the shooting at the club. They also do not have figures on how many people were present when the attack occurred. Among the conditions being investigated is whether it is a hate crime, or whether the motive was something else. Shows solidarity with LGBT+ people The attack has caused strong reactions on social media. Today is Trans Remembrance Day in the USA, which Club Q was supposed to celebrate with a drag show. Now many people use the day of remembrance to show solidarity with those who were exposed to the attack, and other people in the LGBT community. Today is Trans Remembrance Day in the US. Club Q was to celebrate with a drag show. Photo: Armando Franca / AP – This heinous attack has robbed countless people of their friends and family members, and an entire community’s sense of security, tweets head of the LGBT alliance GLAAD, Sarah Kate Ellis. – This attack on the LGBT+ community in Colorado Springs is an attack on all of us, the Martin Luther King Center wrote in a statement. Jason Crow, who is a member of the House of Representatives for Colorado, is tweeting his solidarity with the victims, their families, and the LGBT community. – This violence must stop, he writes further.
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