Survivors of LGBTQ+ club shooting say the deaths and trauma could've been avoided in lawsuits
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FILE - Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following a mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)Survivors and family members of victims from the Club Q nightclub mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., attend a news conference announcing the filing of a civil complaint on the two-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)Ashtin Gamblin, survivor of the Club Q nightclub mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., is consoled by her husband Robert Conner Jr., during a news conference announcing the filing of a civil complaint on the two-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)Charlene Slaugh is comforted after talking to the media during a news conference where survivors and family members of victims from the Club Q nightclub mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., announced the filing of a civil complaint on the two-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)Adriana Vance, mother of Raymond Green who was killed in the Club Q nightclub mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., talks about her son during a news conference announcing the filing of a civil complaint on the two-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)Adriana Vance, mother of Raymond Green who was killed in the Club Q nightclub mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., talks about her son as grandmother Estela Bell, left, cries during a news conference announcing the filing of a civil complaint on the two-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)CORRECTS DATE: Adriana Vance, mother of Raymond Green, who was killed in the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2022, talks about her son during a news conference announcing lawsuits filed against the sheriff's office and the nightclub's owners, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)Attorney Patrick Huber announces a lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of the deadly mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., on the second anniversary of the shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
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FILE - Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following a mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)