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   From: bobuser@mindspring.com   
      
   The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal   
   shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub was ordered   
   held without bail in an initial court appearance Wednesday as the suspect   
   sat slumped over in a chair.   
      
   "Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, could be seen with injuries visible on their   
   face and head in a brief video appearance from jail."   
      
    Aldrich appeared to need prompting by defense attorneys and offered a   
   slurred response when asked to state their name by El Paso County Court   
   Judge Charlotte Ankeny.   
      
   The suspect was beaten into submission by patrons during Saturday night’s   
   shooting at Club Q and released from the hospital Tuesday. The motive in   
   the shooting was still under investigation, but authorities said he faces   
   possible murder and hate crime charges.   
      
   Hate crime charges would require proving that the shooter was motivated by   
   bias, such as against the victims’ actual or perceived sexual orientation   
   or gender identity. The charges against Aldrich are preliminary, and   
   prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges. Aldrich is represented by   
   Joseph Archambault, a chief trial deputy with the state public defender’s   
   office. Lawyers from the office do not comment on cases to the media.   
      
   Defense attorneys said late Tuesday that the suspect is nonbinary and in   
   court filings referred to the suspect as “Mx. Aldrich.” The attorneys’   
   footnotes assert that Aldrich is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.   
      
      
      
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