Relative of alleged Colorado shooter warned judge of danger they posed

California woman says shooting at gay club could have been prevented had earlier charges not been dismissed

A California woman who warned a judge last year about the danger posed by the suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting said on Friday that the deaths could have been prevented if earlier charges against the suspect had not been dismissed.

Jeanie Streltzoff - a relative of alleged shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich - urged Colorado judge Robin Chittum in a letter last November to incarcerate the suspect following a 2021 standoff with Swat teams that uncovered a stockpile of more than 100 pounds (45kg) of explosive material, firearms and ammunition.