Colorado gay club shooting suspect is non-binary, lawyers say

A mourner prays at a makeshift memorial following the shootings (AP)

A suspect facing possible hate crime charges over the fatal shooting of five people at a gay nightclub in the US state of Colorado is non-binary, the suspect’s defence team said.

In court papers filed on behalf of Anderson Lee Aldrich on Tuesday, public defenders refer to the suspect in the Colorado Springs shooting as “Mx Aldrich”, noting in footnotes that Aldrich, 22, is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.