Kelly Loving, Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, and Raymond Green Vance were the five fatalities.

During a press conference on Monday afternoon, Colorado Springs police chief Adrian Vasquez said, “Too often, society loses track of the victims of these sad and tragic events.” He then called for a moment of silence.

According to CBS News, Rump and Aston, both 28 years old, worked as bartenders at the club.

Vasquez also identified the two “heroes” who subdued the suspect as Richard Fierro and Thomas James. According to a Facebook post by Club Q, the “quick reactions” of the two customers “subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.”

Fierro allegedly told Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers that he was defending himself and other club patrons because he was “trying to protect his family.”

According to the records, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is charged with five counts of murder and five counts of causing bodily harm out of bigotry. Prosecutors had not yet filed the preliminary charges in court as of Monday night. Since officials haven’t yet disclosed a suspected reason for the attack, it would be difficult to prove that the gunman was motivated by hatred against the victims’ real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in order to be charged with a hate crime.

Police verified how many individuals were injured in the shooting on Monday afternoon. Police in Colorado Springs report that 17 victims sustained gunshot wounds, while one victim also sustained an unrelated injury.

Three patients at Centura Penrose Hospital are stated to be in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson on Monday. Their injuries were not further described. At least seven people were earlier reported to be in serious condition by the authorities, but it was unclear on Monday if that had changed. There was no mention of the hospitals where any of the patients who had been in severe condition were being or had been treated. Suthers had previously told The Associated Press that there was “reason to hope” that every patient would make a full recovery.

Police also said Monday that at least one person was a victim with no visible injury, and called for other people who saw or were near the shooting and were uninjured to come forward.

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The police posted on Twitter, “We know many more community members were present at Club Q during the shooting, who may be victims with no visible injuries.” “A community member who fled as the shooting took place is an example,” the speaker says.

Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said he was saddened by the incident while speaking to “CBS Mornings” early on Monday.

It really seems like a bad individual has entered our town and done something heinous, according to Vasquez, who called the situation unfortunate.

Suthers emphasized that community members can access resources in the wake of the shooting during the press conference on Monday.

“We all want to make sure that our community is not defined by this tragedy, but by our response to this,” Suthers said.

Already in 2021, when the suspect was apprehended after his mother claimed he threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons, questions were being raised about why authorities didn’t try to take the suspect’s weaponry away from him.

Gun control supporters question why police didn’t attempt to activate Colorado’s “red flag” law, which would have authorized authorities to seize the firearms his mother claims he had, even if officials at the time said no explosives were discovered. Additionally, there is no evidence in the public record that the suspect has ever been the subject of felony kidnapping and menacing charges.

The shooting brought back memories of the 49-person massacre that took place at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016. Colorado has seen a number of mass killings, including those that occurred at Columbine High School in 1999, a movie theater in a Denver suburb in 2012, and a supermarket in Boulder in 2017.

It was the sixth mass murder of the month and the 21 people killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last year, which shocked the country.