The gunman who killed five people when he opened fire at a Colorado LGBT+ club in late November was charged with 305 counts on Tuesday, including several for "hate"-motivated murder.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, has been in custody since the killings, which also injured at least 18 people.
The suspect, who his court-appointed attorneys say identifies as non-binary, appeared in court on Tuesday to face the long list of charges against him.
Among these are ten counts of murder - two for each victim.
They face a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Mastered by a former military
Anderson Lee Aldrich also faces charges of attempted murder, hate crimes and assault.
The bearded and portly suspect was wearing prison clothes and appeared to have recovered from injuries sustained when patrons of Club Q overpowered him, ending the carnage.
Richard Fierro, who was in the club, told the
New York Times
that he caught the shooter as he headed for the terrace, where customers had taken refuge.
Once the suspect was on the ground, this former soldier took his weapon and hit him on the head.
Details have since emerged about the chaotic life of the suspect, whose parents were drug addicts and who experienced an unstable childhood.
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