Club Q Shooter to Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime and Gun Charges

Anderson Aldrich, already serving life for state charges, seeks to avoid death penalty with new plea deal.

Anderson Aldrich, the Colorado shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQ+ nightclub, plans to plead guilty to 50 hate crime charges and 24 firearm violations.
The plea is part of a deal that would allow Aldrich to avoid the death penalty, receiving multiple life sentences on top of a 190-year sentence instead.
Aldrich was previously sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to state charges of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder.
The new charges and planned agreement were made public just days after federal prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty in another hate crime case.
Aldrich's actions have been described as a 'hateful, stupid, heinous and cowardly act' by the father of one of the victims.