Employees Daniel Davis Aston, 28, and Derrick Rump were killed in the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which also left 18 others injured.
Co-workers described Rump to the local newspaper as funny and bubbly, with one saying he always “kept his smile.”
“He was always, ‘Do you need anything?’” Leia-Jhene Seals, a drag performer who took to the stage at the club Saturday night, told the Gazette.The night of dancing ended with shots, screaming, broken glass and blood.Law enforcement authorities said earlier Friday that suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, allegedly entered the club just before midnight and immediately began opening fire. The attack also left 25 people injured.
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