The Colorado Springs shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub, Club Q, has been declared a hate crime. A witness and mother of a victim speak out.
in Colorado Springs, Colorado was a place for people to embrace their identities free of judgment, clubgoers told reporters., Club Q performer Wyatt Kent was celebrating his 23rd birthday. He told ABC News that two people fell on top of him. A woman had been shot in the chest and "passed away on top of me," he said.
When Thurman saw the flash of a gun, that's when he and others ran to a dressing room to hide for their lives. The suspect is facing five counts of murder and five counts of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, which is Colorado's hate crime law."As a Black kid, you know, it's taboo to be gay," Thurman told ABC affiliate KRDO reporters. "Coming here, this is one of the first places that I felt accepted to be who I am. I became a go-go dancer. A lot of people got their start here. A lot of performers, drag queens.
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