Colorado gay club shooting suspect charged with hate crimes – News-Press Now

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder.

The counts against Anderson Lee Aldrich include 48 hate crime charges, one for each person known to have been in the club at the time.