Judge warned last year of Colorado suspect’s ‘shootout’ plans, files show

Questions raised after remarks by Robin Chittum, who dismissed separate kidnapping case against Anderson Aldrich last year

A judge who dismissed a 2021 kidnapping case against the shooter in November's Colorado LGBTQ nightclub tragedy warned last year that the defendant had been stockpiling weapons and planning a shootout, and needed mental health treatment or it's going to be so bad".

The comments made by the judge, Robin Chittum, last year are contained in court documents obtained by the Associated Press. They add to the warning signs authorities had about Anderson Aldrich's increasingly violent behavior prior to the November 19 shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Five people were killed and 17 wounded.