Memorial for victims of Colorado mass shooting is all about ‘love over hate’

A shooting at a gay nightclub, Club Q, on Saturday night (November 19, 2022) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killed five people and injured at least 25. In this picture, candles illuminate a makeshift memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadly shooting. (AP Photo)

The Colorado Springs police, the FBI and other law enforcement officials investigate the scene at Club Q the next day. (AP Photo)

Club Q was widely considered a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the conservative-leaning city. Here, one can see people participating in a vigil organised for the victims of the mass shooting. (Photo: Reuters)

The police has identified the gunman who allegedly carried out the shooting as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, who has been taken into custody and is being treated for injuries. (Photo: AP)

The police and city officials credit two customers present at the scene for stopping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed in Saturday night’s shooting at Club Q. (Photo: AP)

One of the patrons who’d been partying moments before the incident, rushed into action, and grabbed the handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived just minutes later. President Joe Biden, following the attack, said, “We cannot and must not tolerate hate.” (Photo: AP)

The shooting occurred during Transgender Awareness Week and International Transgender Day of Remembrance, when events around the world are held to mourn and remember transgender people lost to violence. Here, musician Ryan Cassata reads the name of 28-year-old Daniel Davis Aston, a bartender killed at Club Q in Colorado Springs, at the Transgender Day of Remembrance event in West Hollywood, California, on Sunday night, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo: AP)

In its Google listing, Club Q describes itself as an “adult-oriented gay and lesbian nightclub hosting theme nights such as karaoke, drag shows & DJs.” In this picture, hundreds of members of the LGBTQ+ community gather during a candlelight vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco, late Sunday. (Photo: AP)

President Joe Biden also said that while the motive for the shootings was not yet clear, “we know that the LGBTQ+ community has been subjected to horrific hate violence in recent years.” Here, a woman is seen mourning the loss of one of the victims of Saturday's fatal shooting in Colorado. (Photo: AP Photo)

A giant pride flag is seen hanging on the side of the First Congregational Church on Nov. 21, 2022, in Colorado Springs. It was the sixth mass killing this month. The shooting rekindled memories of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. (Photo: AP)