As revealed in newly unsealed court documents, the Club Q shooter was arrested last year on felony charges related to an alleged bomb threat. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.
In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22 sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday. According to newly unsealed court documents, Aldrich was also charged with felony crimes in June 2021, but the case was dismissed.arrested last year on felony charges
had kept the documents sealed and prevented state officials from publicly acknowledging their existence. Timing also played a role. After two trial delays at the prosecution's request, the judge granted the defense's motion to dismiss in July 2022, three weeks ahead of the six-month deadline for completing a"speedy trial" under Colorado law."The only way that it would have prevented the [Club Q] tragedy is if the witnesses actually were present at trial, testified and somebody was convicted," he added.
In an August 2021 hearing to lower Aldrich's initial $1 million bond, their mother and grandparents described them to the judge as loving, unusually bright and someone who would take advantage of another chance. Investigators seized two weapons from Aldrich at the time of the bomb threat — a so-called"ghost gun" with a Glock frame and no serial number, as well as an assault rifle.
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