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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The suspect accused of killing five
people at an LGBTQ nightclub told relatives months before the
attack that "you guys die today" if they persisted in telling
police about plans to build a bomb and harm others, according to
documents unsealed Thursday.
The documents shed light on the investigation into Anderson Lee
Aldrich, 22, after the suspect's grandparents reported to police
that the suspect was preparing a bomb and threatened them in
2021 – about 17 months before the attack.
"You guys die today and I'm taking you with me," Aldrich is
quoted as saying to the grandparents in June 2021, according to
the documents.
The records offer insight into the division among family members
as some fought to shield Aldrich from prosecution while others
expressed concern that the suspect was violent and might kill
people.
"We feel certain that if (Aldrich) is freed that (Aldrich) will
hurt or murder my brother and his wife," the suspect's great
uncle and aunt, Robert Pullen and Jeanie Streltzoff, wrote to a
judge after Aldrich was charged with five felonies in the bomb
threat case.
In the end, the county's top prosecutor said his office was
forced to drop the charges because Aldrich's family wouldn't
cooperate. The case raised questions about whether authorities
could have used Colorado’s “red flag” law to seize weapons from
the suspect, something El Paso County District Attorney Michael
Allen characterized as a hypothetical that may not have stopped
the violence at Club Q.
“The only way that it would’ve prevented the tragedy is if the
witnesses were actually present at trial, testified, and
somebody was convicted,” Allen said. “Again, (Aldrich) was not
convicted in that case."
Docs: Suspect threatened to kill grandparents over move to
Florida
The unsealed documents show the incident started June 18, 2021,
after Aldrich’s grandmother, Pamela Pullen, told police that
Aldrich had been working on creating a bomb in their basement.
When Pullen and her husband, Jonathan Pullen, told Aldrich they
had sold their Colorado home and planned to move to Florida,
Aldrich threatened the grandparents and said they couldn’t move
because it would "interfere with his bomb-making," the unsealed
documents say.
Aldrich then pointed a gun at them and said, "You guys die
today, and I'm taking you with me. I'm loaded and ready. You're
not calling anyone," the documents state.
Aldrich told the grandparents about a plan to "conduct a mass
shooting and bombing," the affidavit says. Aldrich held the
grandparents hostage in their home until they promised not to
move. Records show that when Aldrich went to the basement again,
the couple fled the home.
A SWAT standoff ensued at Aldrich's mother's home, where Aldrich
fled and threatened to use explosives, authorities said. The
incident forced neighbors to evacuate and police crisis
negotiators to respond before the suspect surrendered. Aldrich
was arrested for menacing and kidnapping.
On Thursday, Allen said two guns were seized in the case after
authorities executed a search warrant at the home in 2021,
including a 9mm “ghost gun,” and an MM-15 rifle. In Colorado, he
said, it is not illegal to own a ghost gun, which is defined as
a weapon without a serial number – thus making it untraceable.
But it is illegal to sell the weapons to others, Allen said.
The two firearms remain in El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
custody. The Sheriff’s office denied a request by Aldrich to get
the guns back after the case was sealed, said Allen.
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