Club Q suspect's bomb threat dismissed; victims refused to testify, DA says
A bomb threat case against the suspect in the Club Q shooting went nowhere last year because the relatives declined to testify, Colorado authorities said Thursd
A bomb threat case against the suspect in the Club Q shooting went nowhere last year because the relatives declined to testify, Colorado authorities said Thursday.
Anderson Lee Aldrich is alleged to have killed five people Nov. 19 at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club the year after having been arrested on allegations of making a bomb threat that prompted the evacuations of about 10 homes.
The paper trail in that arrest showed no trial or conviction, and little was known about the case until Thursday, when an El Paso County judge unsealed court records and District Attorney Michael Allen spoke about that matter for the first time.
The alleged victims in the 2021 case were the suspect's mother and grandparents, who could not be reached by process servers seeking to secure their testimony, Allen said.
Aldrich had been charged with two counts of felony menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping.
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