The Colorado Springs Police Department released the mug shots of accused gay bar Club Q mass shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich on Wednesday. The photos show the tall, heavy-set 22-year-old Aldrich with severe bruises and swelling on his face and neck from a beating by two patrons that stopped the attack after Aldrich murdered five and wounded seventeen people Saturday night.
Aldrich was hospitalized after the shooting and was released to jail on Tuesday and is being held without bond.
Aldrich appeared remotely from jail on Wednesday for a preliminary court hearing looking drugged up, and not able to sit up straight.
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Aldrich’s attorney filed a notice with the court Tuesday night that Aldrich is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns and should be addressed as Mx. Aldrich.
Aldrich comes from a broken home with both parents (porn star father, unstable mother) living troubled lives. Last year Aldrich was arrested but not prosecuted for a bomb threat against his mother. Aldrich legally changed his name as a teenager and was the target of intense online bullying.
