Dad of gay bar shooter

Club Q Colorado shooting: Attack was ended by dad and show performer

MMA-fighter-turned-porn-actor Aaron Franklin Brink had an immediate reaction when he learned his year-old son had been accused of slaughtering five people and injuring 18 others last weekend in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs nightspot catering to the LGBTQ community. The Daily Beast was unable to reach Brink for comment.

Aldrich allegedly opened fire at Club Q shortly before midnight on Nov. Aldrich was initially hospitalized with unspecified injuries but was transferred to the El Paso County jail on Tuesday, according to authorities. I told him it works. I had gone through a meltdown and thought I had lost my son… His mother told me he changed his name because I was in Intervention and I had been a porno actor.

Father has had no contact with minor for several years. Six months ago, Brink said a very-much-alive Aldrich called him out of the blue. He wants to poke at the old man. Even before the Club Gay shooting, Aldrich had been accused of using violence. Last year, Aldrich was arrested after cops said they threatened to blow up the Colorado Springs house where Voepel was living.

The rifle used dad the Club Q shooting was bought legally, according to reports. Brink, who did federal time in the late s for marijuana importationsaid he still loves Aldrich in light of the accusations, and offered an apology to the victims. Aldrich made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon.

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