Club Q shooting suspect pleads guilty, will serve life in prison | USA TODAY

Anderson Lee Aldridge pleaded guilty to killing five and injuring 17 others at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs in November 2022. RELATED: Author Kouri Richins denied bail, faces murder charges of late husband Aldrich, 23, pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted first-degree murder and no contest two counts of bias-motivated crimes, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor. Aldrich was initially charged with more than 300 crimes in connection to the mass shooting at Club Q in November. According to the plea deal, Aldrich will serve five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole on the murder charges and 46 consecutive 48-year sentences on the attempted murder charges, Judge Michael McHenry said Monday. The plea deal spares survivors and victims' family members, many of whom spoke at Monday's hearing, a potentially painful trial. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3GqYgdk » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #ClubQ #Shooting #ColoradoSprings