Gunman struck with own weapon after fatal shooting at gay club

The club called the incident a “hate attack”, but investigators are still determining a motive and whether it would be charged as a hate crime.

A vigil at All Souls Unitarian Church following the shootings (The Denver Post via AP)

Five people have died and 25 others were injured after a 22-year-old gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a gay nightclub in Colorado, before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons who struck him with his own weapon.

Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers said the attack at Club Q ended when someone grabbed a handgun from the suspect, named as Anderson Lee Aldrich, and hit him with it, before holding him down until police arrived.