United States: At least five dead and 18 injured in shooting at gay bowling alley

The wild shooting happened early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub Colorado, USA. As a result of the incident, 5 people died and 18 people were injured. The attack was the country’s worst mass shooting in a year Homophobic rhetoric has increased in extremist circles.

Police received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m., the lieutenant said. Pamela CastroColorado Springs Police.

There was an injured suspect receiving medical attention, Castro added. It was initially unclear whether the attacker was shot by the police. The FBI was on the scene assisting with the investigation, he added.

Local police tweeted that they will hold a press conference at headquarters at 8 a.m.

Club Q is a place aimed at the LGTBQ community, which organizes a show called “Drag Diva Drag Show” on Saturdays, according to their website.

“Club Q is shocked by the senseless attack on our community,” the club wrote on its Facebook page. The statement noted that their prayers were with the victims and their families.. “We appreciate the quick reaction of the heroic users who took down the shooter and put an end to this hateful attack.”

A motive for the attack was not immediately known, but the incident was reminiscent of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse club in Orlando, Florida. where 49 people died. The shooting happened in a state that has seen several high-profile mass murders. Like Columbia High Schoolanother in 2012 at a suburban Denver movie theater and last year at a Boulder supermarket.

On June 31, members of the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and charged with rioting at a Pride rally. Experts warned that extremist groups could see Homophobic rhetoric as a call to action.

Last month, a fundamentalist pastor from Idaho told his small congregation in Boise that Gay and transgender people have been put to death by the governmentA similar message from another fundamentalist pastor in Texas.