Colorado Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich was seen Wednesday in court for the first time.
The attorneys had to prompt their client when El Paso County Court Judge Charlotte Ankeny asked Anderson to state their name and whether they understood their constitutional rights. .The court appearance came after defense attorneys said late Tuesday that their client is nonbinary and in court filings referred to the suspect as "Mx.Later Wednesday, the Colorado Springs Police Department released a mugshot of the suspect, showing Anderson having been visibly beaten.A mugshot of Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich
DEMOCRATS BLAMED GOP'S ‘ANTI-LGBTQ’ RHETORIC FOR COLORADO SPRINGS SHOOTING, BUT SUSPECT IS ‘NONBINARY’Authorities said Aldrich used a long rifle and was halted by two club patrons, including Richard Fierro, who told reporters that he took a handgun from Aldrich, hit them with it and pinned them down with help from another person until police arrived