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The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes
![David Zalubowski Ed Sanders, front, heads over to speak to reporters after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2475be14749243c99abaad5988f8e18f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ed Sanders, front, heads over to speak to reporters after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski FILE - A television cameraman works near a tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub painted on the side of a downtown commercial building Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fed42c0a46dc4f718346c97a5c5bba56/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - A television cameraman works near a tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub painted on the side of a downtown commercial building Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
![David Zalubowski Ed Sanders, right, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/821830dc1bde4bd5be71d5e7b0017925/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ed Sanders, right, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Wyatt Kent heads to speak to reporters after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/38b7454b58194560acde93df6a2d8b81/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Wyatt Kent heads to speak to reporters after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Wyatt Kent speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a6b0c797a6f64e41899021c91a85048c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Wyatt Kent speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Ed Sanders speaks after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bec256dd4e374d49975ac8cf8e522140/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ed Sanders speaks after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![Uncredited FILE - In this image taken from video provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch, Anderson Lee Aldrich, left, the suspect in a mass shooting that killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, appears in court, June 26, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado Judicial Branch via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/56602cc8311149d5bdaa4464c818ca3c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this image taken from video provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch, Anderson Lee Aldrich, left, the suspect in a mass shooting that killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, appears in court, June 26, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado Judicial Branch via AP, File)
![David Zalubowski Wyatt Kent speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/920badc2a0aa481797d90d73fcd09bbf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Wyatt Kent speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Ed Sanders, right, speaks after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/14639542d8ca42afa105c5fb74a5f2b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ed Sanders, right, speaks after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Wyatt Kent heads down to speak to reporters after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ca058eff281945faa61262085579640a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Wyatt Kent heads down to speak to reporters after the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department's civil rights division, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3baa0d1063504b65b47213579c51ea97/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department's civil rights division, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department's civil rights division, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ede489b0b2164c8695ca1a2c322a288b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department's civil rights division, speaks after the sentencing of the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. The shooter pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
![David Zalubowski Ed Sanders, right, is hugged after speaking to reporters following the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dacd5f568c274cef8df55ab9ed1c3552/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ed Sanders, right, is hugged after speaking to reporters following the sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an Colorado Springs, Colo., LGBTQ+ club, at a hearing in federal court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)