No patients were being treated at Memorial North Hospital as of Sunday afternoon, Christensen said. Three had been discharged from Penrose, marking an increase from the two who officials said had been discharged earlier on Sunday. Two of those victims were in critical but stable condition, and the other two were in stable condition. Thurman, fighting back tears and wiping his nose with a crumpled tissue, said he thought to himself: 'At any second, this man could just burst through the door and kill us if he really wanted to.'įifteen victims injured in the shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q were being treated at two hospitals on Sunday afternoon, officials said.Įleven patients were being treated at Memorial Central Hospital, up from the 10 officials announced Sunday morning, according to UC Health public and media relations manager Kelli Christensen.įurther information on their conditions was not immediately available.įour victims were being treated at Penrose Hospital, spokesperson Lindsay Radford told NBC News. They could hear the sound of police officers storming inside to detain the suspect while they shook and wept, 'fearing for our lives.' Thurman and the two others locked the doors, got down on the ground and turned off the lights. He bolted to a dressing room, where he hunkered down with two other people. He turned to his left and saw muzzle flash. Either the music was so loud that we couldn't hear anybody scream for help, or we just didn't hear anybody scream for help.'īut then he heard another round of gunshots. Initially, he said, 'I thought it was the music. Thurman said he was on the dance floor and heard loud sounds. Joshua Thurman, who witnessed the massacre inside Club Q, described the chaotic and horrifying moments when the gunman opened fire, leaving 'bodies, blood and shattered glass' in his wake.

OnePULSE Foundation is planning the National Pulse Memorial & Museum in Orlando as 'a sanctuary of healing and a beacon of hope by memorializing the lives taken, the lives saved, and all the lives affected by the Pulse nightclub tragedy of June 12, 2016,' according to a statement. The Florida attack ended with 49 dead and was one of the worst mass shootings in United States history. 'Violence directed at members of the LGBTQIA+ community must come to an end,' it said. The nonprofit thanked those inside the Colorado venue who helped to stop the shooting, and it expressed gratitude to first responders who ran toward the chaos. 'Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the victims and their families, as well as the wounded and those affected by this tragedy.' 'We are deeply saddened and horrified by the mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs that killed five people,' the organization, onePULSE Foundation, said. The nonprofit organization established in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida in 2016 responded Sunday to the Colorado Springs attack, saying anti-gay violence in America must cease.

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