Colorado Mass Shooting Suspect Is Grandson of California Assemblyman Randy Voepel

[RandySF]

Media reports Sunday said outgoing Assemblyman Randy Voepel is the grandfather of the 22-year-old man accused of killing five at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Gazette said its sister paper, the online Denver Gazette, had learned from a relative, who wished to remain anonymous, that the suspect is the grandson of Voepel.  That story confirmed an earlier report by Heavy.com that the alleged shooter, Anderson Lee Aldrich, is the son of Laura Voepel, daughter of the former Santee mayor, 72.

Laura Voepel’s LinkedIn profile said she’s worked for nearly five years for a Colorado Springs business.

“There were calls to expel Voepel from the state Assembly after he made comments comparing the January 6 attacks to the Revolutionary War,” said Heavy.com. “Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, has written posts praising Randy Voepel on Facebook and confirming he is her father.”

The New York Times said Sunday that a man with the same name and age as the club shooting suspect was arrested in June 2021 after a possible bomb threat in a Colorado Springs suburb.




https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/11/20/reports-colorado-mass-shooting-suspect-is-grandson-of-assemblys-randy-voepel/

[RockRaven]

1. One might even ask if he was "groomed" to be a murderer...

[MayReasonRule]

7. Delusion begets delusion...

Which begets delusional malevolence, which begets delusional violence.

This, is that.

May reason rule where delusion dwells.

[niyad]

2. The gazette is reichwing fishwrap. The paper did not win a Pulitzer, one of

its contributors did. As reported in other posts here on DU earlier today, the alleged mass murderer was arrested last year here after his mother called police. He was arrested on several charges, the explosive, weapons, menacing. The DA has declined to prosecute, and refused to explain why.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. .

The paper did not win a Pulitzer, one of its contributors did.

Cite?

[niyad]

10. I will have to look up his name again, as that was a number of years ago.

I have had a running battle with the fishwrap for decades. And I just looked up the Denver gazette, having never heard of it. Sure enough, virtual fishwrap, anschutz' clarity media group is still the same. Very vocal supporters of that idiot gardner.

[rubbersole]

3. These crazy fucks are tfg's ace in the hole.

They threaten anyone he tells them to. Knowing it's beyond hypothetical, repubs cower.

[ZZenith]

4. Exactly so.

It’s as if some madman had created an army of robots he could control telepathically.

This may not end well but end it will eventually.

[revmclaren]

5. Of course he is.

[Lancero]

6. Bet ol grandpappy is proud of that boy.

[Lovie777]

9. Well with the constant vitriol .......

we may see more horrific violence against LGBTQ, Jewish and POC communities.

A lot of Republicans have no shame and are hateful piece of s***.