Colorado Springs shooting suspect is ordered to be held without bail  

The Colorado Springs shooting suspect accused of killing five and wounding 17 has been ordered to be held in jail without bail. 

Appearing slumped over and bewildered while in the El Paso County Jail sitting in between two lawyers on Wednesday, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, barely spoke when addressing the court. 

Aldrich had been hospitalized until Tuesday after the shooter was taken down and subdued by a US Army veteran and a patron of the Club Q gay nightclub who rushed the suspect after the gunshots were fired. 

The suspect could be seen sporting a black eye and other injuries to the face from the confrontation and appeared heavily dazed. 

Aldrich, whose estranged father said identifies as non-binary, was shaken by their lawyers to stay attentive in the courtroom and answer the judge. 

‘Could the defendant please state his name’ Judge Charlotte Ankeny asked.

‘Anderson Aldrich,’ they replied weakly, followed by another weak ‘Yes,’ when asked if they understood their rights in court. 

They remained relatively motionless throughout the quick, five-minute court hearing.  

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, the Colorado Springs shooting suspect accused of killing five and wounding 17 has been ordered to be held in jail without bail

Aldrich’s next court date was set for December 6, pending the schedule of their lawyers and the judge. 

The suspect is expected to face murder and hate-crime charges, however, the charges have yet to be filed. 

Just before midnight on November 19, Aldrich is thought to have opened fire in Club Q in Colorado Springs. They were eventually subdued by US Army veteran Richard M. Fierro as well as patron Thomas Jane and a drag performer. 

The club’s owners say Aldrich arrived with ‘tremendous firepower’ – an AR-15 rifle, six magazines of ammo and a handgun. Patrons used the handgun Aldrich was carrying to beat them to the ground until police arrived. 

Xavier Kraus, 23, told the Daily Beast that Aldrich would regularly attend a gun range were ‘rapid fire’ was allowed. The suspect when to the shooting range with their mother, Laura Voepel, the neighbor said. 

Kraus also said that in times of anger, Aldrich would use gay slurs and regularly used the word ‘f****t’. 

In a separate interview with CBS News, Kraus said that Aldrich admitted to using heroin and said that they were addicted to opium. 

During that interview, Kraus discussed the suspect’s use of gay slurs saying: ‘It didn’t come across as true hate like, ‘I’m gonna go kill these people.” 

This is a developing story.