Alex Clemons, left, and his daughter Epifania, 11, hug while paying their respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday night, killing five people and wounding at least 25, officials said.
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Colorado Authorities said Sunday that a gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado — killing five and injuring 25 — was subdued by “heroic†patrons who hit him with his own gun.
R.J. Lewis sobs in the pews of All Souls Unitarian Church at the start of a service held for people to mourn following a fatal shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lewis was at the club when the shooting occurred Saturday night.
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Law enforcement personnel stand outside of the scene of a mass shooting at Club Q, a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday.
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People gather around a memorial Sunday for the victims of Saturday’s fatal shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Joshua Thurman, center, gets comforted by his friend Ryane Flippo, left, at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thurman was inside the club when the shooting began.
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A member of the FBI works on the investigation in the parking lot of Club Q, where a gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Winston Yellen places his head on his knees as he pays his respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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FBI and local police get ready to have an SUV towed from the parking lot outside Club Q, where a gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Jacky Santiago, 24, left, and Khayra Mentado, 22, both of Los Angeles, attend a candlelight vigil along Santa Monica Boulevard on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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People gather to attend a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the LGBTQ community of Colorado Springs, Colo., along Santa Monica Boulevard on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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