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Colorado shooting suspect’s previous case dismissed for lack of witnesses, records show

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The Pink Times December 9, 2022
Updated 2022/12/09 at 4:41 PM
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DENVER (Reuters) – The man accused of killing five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado was arrested last year on charges of threatening violence, but a judge dismissed that case because the alleged victims declined to cooperate, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen provided details on the 2021 prosecution of Anderson Lee Aldrich after a judge ordered court files from last year’s case unsealed at the request of Allen, the local sheriff and several news outlets.

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Allen said he wanted to counter what he called a “false narrative” about the 2021 case suggesting the authorities did not pursue it or missed an opportunity to prevent the deadly shooting nearly three weeks ago.

Aldrich, 22, is being held without bail on more than 300 counts including murder, attempted murder, hate crimes and assault stemming from the Nov. 19 rampage at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which killed five and wounded 22.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Aldrich had been arrested in June 2021 over allegations that the suspect had threatened to detonate a bomb and harm a family member.

Questions about the outcome of that arrest went unanswered under a Colorado law barring authorities from discussing a case in which charges are dismissed or never formally brought.

At Thursday’s news conference, Allen said that after initially giving statements implicating Aldrich in the 2021 case, his mother and grandparents testified on the suspect’s behalf for a bail reduction.

After victims declined to testify for the prosecution, the judge threw out the case, Allen said.

Attempts by Reuters to reach Aldrich’s mother and grandparents for comment were not immediately successful.

Allen said deputies seized a handgun and a rifle from Aldrich in the 2021 case, and those weapons were still in police custody when the nightclub massacre occurred. A different rifle and handgun were recovered from the Club Q shooting.

TAGGED: Club Q, Colorado, Colorado Springs, El Paso County District, Shooting

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