A 23-year-old who shot and killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado last year pleaded guilty on Monday and will spend the rest of their life in prison. | ManilaBulletin READ:
Anderson Lee Aldrich, who identifies as non-binary, was facing more than 300 criminal counts for the November 19, 2022 rampage in Colorado Springs.
The bearded and heavy-set Aldrich appeared in an El Paso County court on Monday and told Judge Michael McHenry they accepted the terms of the plea deal."Like too many other people in our culture, you chose to find a power that day behind the trigger of a gun," the judge was quoted as saying by ABC News.
"The sentence of this court is the judgment of the people of the state of Colorado that such hate will not be tolerated and that the LGBTQ+ community is as much a part of the family of humanity as you are," the judge said.
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