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   A bomb threat case against the suspect in the Club Q shooting   
   went nowhere last year because the relatives declined to   
   testify, Colorado authorities said Thursday.   
      
   Anderson Lee Aldrich is alleged to have killed five people Nov.   
   19 at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club the year after having been   
   arrested on allegations of making a bomb threat that prompted   
   the evacuations of about 10 homes.   
      
   The paper trail in that arrest showed no trial or conviction,   
   and little was known about the case until Thursday, when an El   
   Paso County judge unsealed court records and District Attorney   
   Michael Allen spoke about that matter for the first time.   
      
   The alleged victims in the 2021 case were the suspect's mother   
   and grandparents, who could not be reached by process servers   
   seeking to secure their testimony, Allen said.   
      
   Aldrich had been charged with two counts of felony menacing and   
   three counts of first-degree kidnapping.   
      
   “The only way that it [the bomb threat case] would have   
   prevented the [Club Q] tragedy is if the witnesses actually were   
   present at trial, testified and somebody was convicted," Allen   
   told reporters. "He was not convicted in that case, and that   
   person then was in custody for an extended period of time."   
      
   Kristy Bootes, a victims advocate who appeared with Allen, said   
   family members frequently refuse to testify against loved ones.   
      
   “The victim will often feel responsible for the consequences   
   that the perpetrator is facing. They’ll often feel a   
   responsibility to help them change," Bootes said. "Victim   
   recantation in family violence cases is incredibly common."   
      
   On June 18, 2021, Aldrich’s grandmother called dispatchers and   
   “stated Anderson told her he was going to be the next mass   
   killer” and had amassed guns and ammunition, a sheriff’s deputy   
   wrote in an affidavit unsealed Thursday.   
      
   The grandmother said Aldrich had been creating what she thought   
   was a bomb in the basement, and she “stated Anderson has bragged   
   about wanting to ‘go out in a blaze,’” the affidavit says.   
      
   That day, Aldrich’s grandmother said they had been living in   
   fear, according to the affidavit. They planned to move to   
   Florida, which Aldrich was not happy about, and when they called   
   Aldrich into the living room to discuss it, Aldrich came out of   
   the basement with a handgun, the grandmother said, according to   
   the affidavit.   
      
   The grandmother said Aldrich pointed the gun at them and said,   
   "You guys die today, and I'm taking you with me," the document   
   says. When Aldrich went back to the basement, they ran to their   
   car and called 911.   
      
   Authorities found Aldrich's vehicle at his mother's home, which   
   is in the same area, and Aldrich inside the home, the affidavit   
   says. A SWAT team arrived and the mother left the home and said   
   “he let me go,” it says.   
      
   Allen bristled Thursday at any suggestion that his prosecutors   
   didn't push the case as hard as they could have.   
      
   "We prosecuted it until we couldn’t prosecute it any longer," he   
   said. "It would not have prevented the Club Q shooting."   
      
   He added later: "Nobody gave up on this case. We were fighting   
   this case until the very end. We asked for a continuance the day   
   it was dismissed."   
      
   Aldrich has been charged with 305 criminal counts, including   
   first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first- and   
   second-degree assault and bias-motivated crimes.   
      
   Advocates of Colorado's red flag law have argued that more   
   should have been done to disarm Aldrich last year.   
      
   Two weapons were seized from Aldrich at the time of the bomb   
   threat arrest, Allen said.   
      
   "No other firearms were obtained, signifying, I guess, he   
   probably didn't have any other at that time," Allen said.   
      
   Other court documents released Thursday included a letter to a   
   judge from two siblings of Aldrich’s grandfather. They said   
   Aldrich was raised by his grandparents.   
      
      
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