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The mother of the 22-year-old man charged with murdering five people in a mass shooting at a Colorado gay club was arrested the day of the killings, it has been revealed.
Laura Voepel, the mom of 22-year-old Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, was arrested outside her home in Colorado Springs early Sunday morning.
She was cited for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, a summons obtained by Denver NBC affiliate KUSA has revealed - hours after her child allegedly carried out the attack.
According to the filing, officers had warned Voepel, 45, 'multiple times' during the encounter outside the domicile to 'stop yelling' - or face arrest.
However, she did not comply, police wrote, and 'continued to make unreasonable noise directly next to multiple apartments.'
The incident transpired at about 3:30 am, and ultimately saw Voepel placed under arrest but not admitted to jail. Cops did not specify what Voepel had been yelling about.
Laura Voepel (left), the mom of 22-year-old non binary shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich (right), was arrested outside her home in Colorado Springs early Sunday morning
Voepel, pictured her in 2015, was warned 'multiple times' during the encounter outside the domicile to 'stop yelling' or face arrest, police said. She is charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, an 'unclassified petty offense.' She was not jailed
Less than four hours before, authorities said Aldrich attacked the local LGBTQ nightclub.
An officer said the mom - who has had prior run-ins with the law - became combative and physically resisted during her arrest. She now faces charges of resisting arrest, as well as disorderly conduct.
Her son, meanwhile, is accused of murdering five people and injuring 17 others at Club Q Saturday. Aldrich's lawyers said the suspect identifies as non-binary, using they/them pronouns.
He is accused of killing five people: Bartender Daniel Davis Aston, 28; customer Kelly Loving, 40; bartender and bar co-owner Derrick Rump, 38, customer Ashley Paugh, 35; and customer Raymond Greene Vance, 22.
Vance was at the club with his girlfriend Kassy and her family, including her war vet father who is credited with disarming the perpetrator during the midst of his attack.
Ricahrd M. Fierro, a local man who served four combat tours in the U.S. Army, is one of at least two people who stopped Aldrich, who was pummeled by multiple people in attendance after having his gun snatched by the ex-soldier.
Fierro told The New York Times he grabbed the gun out of the shooter's hand and 'just started hitting him in the head, over and over.' He added that he also ordered a nearby woman to stomp on the shooter's head with her high heels.
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During the attack, a bargoer was able to grab the gun out of Aldrich's hand and began beating 'him in the head [with it], over and over.' Aldrich's mugshot shows the aftermath of the reported beatdown, with extensive bruising and marks spread across their
Aldrich's mugshot shows the aftermath of the reported beatdown, with extensive bruising and marks spread across their face and head.
Kassy broke her knee as she was running for cover.
Officers called to scene were subsequently able to apprehended Aldrich, who remains in custody. He is charged with five counts of murder, which are being treated as hate crimes.
He was previously arrested in June 2021 for threatening to blow his mother's house to 'holy hell' a year ago, in an incident that was caught on video and saw Voepel call the cops on her own son.
The incident last year involved Aldrich fleeing to the home where his mother was arrested Satursdat. At the time, Aldrich had been living nearby with his grandma, Pam Pullen, and her husband Jonathan, but went on the run after threatening to kill the couple.
Ring camera footage from that day shows Voepel at first welcoming Aldrich into the house, helping them with their suitcase. Once inside, he filmed himself in SWAT gear, broadcasting live on his mother's Facebook account.
'This is your boy, I've got the f*****g s**threads outside. F*****g s**theads got their f*****g rifles out. If they breach I'm [going to] blow it to holy hell. Come on in boys, let's f*****g see it!' Aldrich says in the video.
Anderson Lee Aldrich is shown, left, in a family photo and right, in a June 2021 livestream where he threatened to blow up a house where his mother was renting a room. He is now charged with five counts of murder
Anderson Lee Aldrich is shown last year, showing up at the house where his mother was renting a room, after threatening to blow up his grandparents, with whom he'd been living nearby. His mom helped him into the house and had called the landlord to tell her not to tell anyone where he was, she claimed on Monday
Aldrich, 22, was taken into custody at the house where his mother, Laura Voepel, was renting a room in June 2021 in Colorado Springs
Weeks after the incident, Aldrich's mother Laura asked women in her church group if they could recommend a 'fantastic defense attorney'. It's unclear if she was referring to her son's case, but the timing would suggest so
His mom helped him into the house and had called the landlord to tell her not to tell anyone where he was, she claimed on Monday
It was initially reported that his mother, Laura, had called police.
But landlord Leslie Bowman has since since told DailyMail.com she was the one who alerted authorities to her home, after Voepel phoned her to tell her 'people' were
