Against all odds, how he survived Club Q

and it's hard to go on sometimes it feels like a normal choice there's no other option right now on Denver 7 News at eight o'clock on local three our community reflects on lives taken too soon at Club Q this morning new details about the suspicious previous confrontations with the police and we will hear from the hero who stopped the attack all the things that were going through his mind as he tackled and disarmed the shooter. His loved one was one of the victims. Good morning as we continue to recover from this. tragedy I'm Brian Sanders and I'm Nicole Brady we have our team in Colorado Springs this morning we'll join them in a moment first taking a look outside we're already seeing it's getting warmer due to some of the colder temperatures this morning Lisa but the changes they will arrive in time for Thanksgiving, yes it will be a minor system Wednesday through Thursday, but it could leave us with a little snow early Thanksgiving morning right now, although it is only sunny, we are in the 20s and 30 degrees, so kids are going to school potentially for their last day before the holidays, you'll find some that look like 20 degrees upper to the low 30s at the bus stop, getting to about 52 from about 55 degrees in some neighborhoods when they get home, so it's another mild one.

Today is near 60 degrees in parts of southeastern Colorado, plus 40 degrees again for the mountains, dry conditions in the High Country and plenty of sun if you're skiing or snowboarding, so today will be even warmer and we're tracking the approaching cold front. It will be Wednesday through Thursday and light snow is possible. I'll show you when it will get here in just a few minutes and where we could potentially see a little more snow than just a dusting early Thursday morning, looking towards the Foothills right now I have some slower traffic right on Lookout Mountain and that is due to an accident that is still being cleaned up.

Here you can see it's on the right side so traffic can pass on the left, but a lot of people want to go 90 miles. An hour from Genesee to Morrison, you have to slow down and then you have to deal with the sun. Also look at the map here this morning here around the university and from the camera here around the University you can see some of that. Traffic is very slow on that southbound side, so it crawls from Broadway to here. It's the union that comes from the University that they should have done when they built T-Rex, put a lane across that bridge and that would really alleviate a lot of this. traffic jam, but they didn't and this is what we're left with, so they should have consulted me when we were building that project, years and years ago, you're looking at about 25 minutes or so down that road, right? now 225 is busy, but I-70 270, the north side of town, moves pretty standardly as you get out and about.

This morning we are learning more about the five people murdered at Club Q on Saturday night and they are all much more. that victims of a tragedy, they were people with lives full of hope and family and friends to a sister who loved Kelly, Tiffany said that my sister was a good person, she was loving, caring and sweet, everyone loved her. Kelly was a wonderful person. My deepest condolences. the families who lost someone in this tragic event and to all those struggling to be accepted in this world Ashley Paul was a wife and mother of an 11-year-old girl.

She also worked to help children in foster care and connect them with families across the state, her husband said. We can't even begin to understand what it will mean to not have her in our lives Raymond Vance was the youngest victim at just 22 years old, he had just gotten a new job and was excited to receive his first paycheck, according to his family. Let's say Raymond was at Club Q with his girlfriend and his parents celebrating a birthday and he had his whole life ahead of him. Daniel Aston worked as a bartender at Club Q. His mother said he was the baby of his family and that he had found his community in Club Q after moving from Oklahoma to Colorado Springs and Derek Rump was also a bartender at the

club

, his friends described him as well known and well liked and added that everyone loved him and he loved everyone, without a doubt the community came together in the days after the event.

There was standing room last night at a remembrance ceremony in Real Works Enforcement's Rhino neighborhood. The names of each of the victims were read aloud and religious leaders sang songs and shared messages of hope. We spoke with a former Club Q artist. Porsha DeMarco Douglas knew both of them. Bartenders Daniel Aston and Derek Grupa who were murdered said the night was to mourn the lives lost but also to face hate and fear I want to get up go to work go home to my loved ones cook clean go out dancing Point blank simple I want to live my life like everyone else, there was additional security on site including Denver police officers, several Democratic leaders were also in attendance including Governor Polis who shared a video message from his home because he has covid while the community remember those who died, we're hearing from a man who

survived

the shooting Brandon Richard of Against All Odds Denver 7 is alive in Colorado Springs Brandon was shot seven times.

It's just incredible that he's alive today yes, Nicole, we're talking about Barrett Hudson and he has an extraordinary story to tell, he says. who thought he was going to be shot several times but is now recovering in the hospital and sharing his story and speaking from his hospital room said Saturday night was the first time he went to Club Q which he recently moved to . Colorado Springs, says he went with a friend to see a drag show, says they were only there 10 to 15 minutes before the shooting started, says he saw the gunman holding an AR-15 style gun and that's when he says his adrenaline just kicked him, he bolted out the back door, jumped a fence, jumped off a ledge and then ran down the street to a nearby 7-Eleven screaming for help, he says he knew he had been shot, but didn't know how many times until The doctors began to count.

Once they started counting outside the door, they got to like seven, but once they got to five, I called my dad because I thought I wasn't going to make it and I wanted him to do this. The last person I spoke to now says he feels for those other victims who couldn't understand how he feels for them and their families. He says what really kept him going was the fact that he knew that if he didn't survive the fact that his parents would receive a phone call from the authorities informing them that his son was dead.

He says that was the last name he wanted to happen. He's not sure how long he'll be in the hospital, but he says he's ready to come home, live in Colorado Springs this morning Brandon Richard Denver 7. Thanks Brandon, right now the suspect is being held on 10 preliminary charges, five for first-degree murder and five for committing a hate crime that a judge also granted. a request from prosecutors to keep the suspect's arrest affidavit sealed and hidden from the public. We are not going to take this case to the media. I want to make sure we protect our ability to prosecute this case when we receive it from law enforcement. and that will be the primary interest that I have as the district attorney to actually be able to file those formal charges and bring the suspect in and hold him accountable if appropriate, the formal charges from the prosecutors are still to come and at this time there is no court date.

He has been targeted for the suspect, he is still in the hospital and is new this time. The Washington Post learned that the suspect changed his name years ago, hiding what the newspaper calls a troubled past. The post reports that until he was 15, Anderson Eldrich was known as Nicholas. He and Brink lived in San Antonio that year, he was the subject of severe online harassment and months later asked a Texas judge for a name change. Six years later, he is now in custody for one of the worst shootings in Colorado history. Denver 7 Investigates obtained a We have shocking video from more than a year ago that shows the alleged shooter's involvement in previous confrontations with authorities.

Denver 7's Veronica Acosta continues our team coverage this morning outside police headquarters because this video of Veronica perhaps shows a pattern of behavior long before Saturday. The attack does it and we wanted to show it and do it on the video as well, so just a warning to everyone this morning, but on that Facebook Live that was done over a year ago you see that suspect and that was right before the agents are arresting him for supposedly making a bomb threat towards his own mother, so take a look at the video we're talking about this morning, you'll see him in that tactical mirror there, you'll also see all those guns surrounding him, he's making fun of him too police. recorded by the owner of that house, her name is Leslie Bowman and she actually also provided us with this video separately, this is a doorbell video of the suspect leaving, you can see that his hands are in the air, there is also a police vehicle right in front of him now Bowman told us that the suspect's mother actually rented him a room in that house, the suspect lived not far away with his grandparents and barricaded himself in that house after he and his mother argued , now it is important to mention that At some point, the suspect and his mother lived in a different apartment complex and our partners at Newsies spoke with their former neighbor, who was also considered a friend of the suspect.

Listen to what he said he felt when he found out about the shooting and that his ex friend was behind it makes my stomach turn breaks my heart I think he could have been friends with someone like that and going back to that arrest over a year ago now The F about that incident and there were There are some serious charges there, so we know the suspect was facing two counts of felony menacing and two counts of first degree kidnapping. We asked the prosecutor about that yesterday and he said he couldn't talk about that specific case.

Sources told Denver 7 that the suspect's family decided not to continue with that investigation. Guys, we're in Colorado Springs. Veronica goes to number seven. Very good, thank you Veronica. There are many ways you can help support victims' families and survivors. The best way is through Colorado Healing. Go to coloradohealingfund.org and you will find the campaign on the home page. GoFundMe is also verifying fundraisers for individual victims and survivors. We have a list of them at denver7.com. Well, this tragedy has caused significant emotional distress throughout the lgbtq community. the other gay bar in Colorado Springs hopes to be part of the healing process, one of those human things that has to do with love, and we have news of Broncos Country cutting a player who is working his way off the roster.