Aaaaand here we go again. Another mass shooter โ this time Anderson Lee Aldrich, the one who shot up a Colorado Springs gay nightclub, murdering five people โ had been known to the FBI for over a year before his attack. And the case of theย previously reportedย barricading incident and bomb threat that got him arrested was dropped by the local prosecutor.
It was obviously all just a silly misunderstanding. All the killer did was threaten his family with a bomb and hole up in his home, resulting in the evacuation of a good portion of the surrounding neighborhood.
Fromย USA Todayย . . .
Aldrich's grandparents called 911 that day, saying their grandchild was building a bomb in their basement and had threatened them. According to the sealed records, the AP reported, Aldrich told their grandparents they were planning to โconduct a mass shooting and bombing.โ
Oh, is that all? Hold on . . .
The FBI was aware of theย accused Colorado Springs LGBTQ bar shooterย the day before the suspect was arrested for making bomb threats against family members in Juneย 2021, authorities have confirmed.
The 22-year-old who was charged with 305 counts in connection withย the Nov. 19 mass killing, Anderson Lee Aldrich, was previously arrested on June 18, 2021, after threatening to kill family members at their home.ย
But the FBI was aware of Aldrich at least the day prior, and closed out its case just weeks later, the agency told USA TODAY. The Associated Press first reported on the FBI disclosure.
โThe FBI received information on June 17, 2021 concerning Anderson Aldrich. As part of the assessment, the FBI coordinated with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, which arrested Aldrich on June 18, 2021. With state charges pending, the FBI closed its assessment on July 15, 2021,โ the FBI said in a statement.
Aldrich joins an ever-growing club of โknown wolfโ mass shooters likeย Nikolas Cruz,ย Omar Mateen, andย Nidal Hassan.
In this case, the killer's family didn't want to cooperate in the prosecution โ reportedly out of fear at what Aldrich might do to them. But they probably didn't really have to. Given the law enforcement response that was required along with the quantity of explosives and other materiel that was found, that should have been enough to get our friends at the ATF involved.
As theย AP reportsย . . .
The Colorado Springsย gay nightclub shooterย had charges dropped in aย 2021 bomb threat caseย after family members who were terrorized in the incident refused to cooperate, according to the district attorney and unsealed court documents.
The charges were dropped despite authorities a finding a tub withย more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of explosive materialsย and later receiving warnings from other relatives that suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich was sure to hurt or murder a set of grandparents if freed, according to the documents, which were unsealed Thursday.
A former county district attorney is doing his best to blame the lack of prosecution on the reluctance of the family to cooperate.
The former district attorney who was replaced by [current El Paso County District Attorney Michael] Allen told The Associated Press he faced many cases in which people dodged subpoenas, but the inability to serve Aldrich's family seemed extraordinary.
โI don't know that they were hiding, but if that was the case, shame on them,โ Dan May said of the suspect's family. โThis is an extreme example of apparent manipulation that has resulted in something horrible.โ
Yes, well, it isn't as if they didn't have any evidence to work with.
Aldrich, 22, was arrested in June 2021 on allegations of making a threat that led to the evacuation of about 10 homes. The documents describe how Aldrich told the frightened grandparents about firearms and bomb-making material in the grandparents' basement and vowed not to let them interfere with plans for Aldrich to be โthe next mass killerโ and โgo out in a blaze.โ
Aldrich โ who uses they/them pronouns and is nonbinary, according to their attorneys โ holed up in their mother's home in a standoff with SWAT teams and warned about having armor-piercing rounds and a determination to โgo to the end.โ Investigators later searched the mother's and grandparents' houses and found and seized handguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor, magazines, a gas mask and a 12-gallon tub with explosive chemicals.
How many โred flagsโ does one wack-o have to wave before getting psychiatric help? How many FBI agents does it take to screw in a light bulb? How many felonies does someone in El Paso County have to commit before being charged with a crime and jailed or committed?
Read this article in its entirety at TTAG.
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The FBI was too busy censoring legitimate postings and unjustly raiding homes, to sway election results.
This Bunch of FOOLS don’t want ANYBODY to plead Guilty to Murder.. They Don’t Want the Death Penalty for ANYBODY.. They Want “LIFE SENTENCES”! Then they can Turn them Loose in a Few Years.. “REFORMED” And Free !
We Need Capitol Punishment Brought Back ! He Knew What He Was Doing ! God Help Us ! We MUST REPENT And Accept Jesus Christ as Our Savior.. THEN WE WILL BE FREE ! He Is The Way, The Truth, and The Life ! Without Salvation through the BLOOD and Faith In His Ressurection, We Will ALL PERISH ! We Will ALL Stand before Jesus Christ Someday ! What Will That Sentence Be? If We Ignore God’s Reform…?… Guilty and Eternal Punishment in Hell ! NO PAROLE ! It’s Your Choice ! R U READY ?
I’m not surprised at all anymore. I would speculate that significant “Grooming” was ongoing with this perp. Like others, he’s the perfect candidate for manipulation.