Rich Fierro is one of two patrons who subdued 22-year-old shooter in fatal attack on LGBTQ+ nightclub
Rich Fierro speaks about the events that occurred at the mass shooting at LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs.Rich Fierro speaks about the events that occurred at the mass shooting at LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs.First published on Tue 22 Nov 2022 19.24 GMT
Fierro was there with his daughter Kassy, her boyfriend and several other friends to see a drag show and celebrate a birthday. He said it was one of the group’s most enjoyable nights. That suddenly changed when gunfire rang out and Kassy’s boyfriend, Raymond Green Vance,Speaking to reporters at his home on Monday, Fierro teared up as he recalled Raymond smiling and dancing before the shooting started.
Del Lusional, a drag queen who performed at Club Q on Saturday night, said on Twitter that the patron who intervened with her heel was a transgender woman.Fierro served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan as a field artillery officer and left the army as a major in 2013, an army spokesperson said.
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