A Colorado judge unsealed documents involving dropped charges against the suspected Club Q mass shooter stemming from a June 2021 bomb threat incident during which the suspect vowed to become 'the next mass killer.'
that police seized two weapons and other items from the house while executing a search warrant after the incident.called a "ghost gun"The district attorney said the weapons remain in the custody of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and were never returned to Aldrich.
Allen said he did not believe the 2021 case would have prevented the shooting at Club Q but could not explain why without impacting the investigation and prosecution of the shooting. "You're just going to have to accept that statement that it would not have prevented Club Q," he said to a reporter during the conference. "Obviously, the firearms seized in that case are still in our possession. You can take that and I think extrapolate out to what that means."Colorado authorities had refused to speak about the dropped charges because state law requires dismissed cases to be sealed.
Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Robin Chittum ordered to unseal the case, ruling that public interest "greatly outweighed" Aldrich's right to privacy and a fair trial, according to theEarlier this week, Aldrich was formally charged with 305 counts, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault and bias-motivated crimes.
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