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Colorado governor visits gay club shooting memorial

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) The Rev. Paula Stecker, of the Christ the King Lutheran Church, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. A shooter opened fire and killed five people at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wears a gay pride pin during a news conference outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a shooter opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks at a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a shooter opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Richard Fierro, right, hugs a supporter at his brewery in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Fierro helped subdue a shooter who killed five people at a gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church tidies up a memorial outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Jess Rierro cries as her husband, Rich Fierro, center, receives a community award from Ent Credit Union with Gov. Jared Polis standing beside him, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at the family's business, Atrevida Beer Co., in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the fatal attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Rich Fierro, left, and Gov. Jared Polis wave to Club Q victim Joanne Law via Facebook from Fierro's wife's business Atrevida Beer Co., where Fierro was being recognized as a community hero, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the fatal attack on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot at Club Q. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Community hero Rich Fierro, right, visits with Tiffany Loving, sister of Kelly Loving who died in the Club Q shooting, before Fierro was publicly recognized at Atrevida Beer Co., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the attack on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) The Rev. Paula Stecker, of the Christ the King Lutheran Church, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. A shooter opened fire and killed five people at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wears a gay pride pin during a news conference outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a shooter opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks at a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a shooter opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Richard Fierro, right, hugs a supporter at his brewery in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Fierro helped subdue a shooter who killed five people at a gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church tidies up a memorial outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Jess Rierro cries as her husband, Rich Fierro, center, receives a community award from Ent Credit Union with Gov. Jared Polis standing beside him, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at the family's business, Atrevida Beer Co., in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the fatal attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Rich Fierro, left, and Gov. Jared Polis wave to Club Q victim Joanne Law via Facebook from Fierro's wife's business Atrevida Beer Co., where Fierro was being recognized as a community hero, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the fatal attack on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot at Club Q. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Community hero Rich Fierro, right, visits with Tiffany Loving, sister of Kelly Loving who died in the Club Q shooting, before Fierro was publicly recognized at Atrevida Beer Co., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fierro restrained the shooter during the attack on Nov. 19. Five people died and 17 were shot. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) The Rev. Paula Stecker, of the Christ the King Lutheran Church, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. A gunman opened fire and killed five people at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wears a gay pride pin during a news conference outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a gunman opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks at a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the five victims who were killed when a gunman opened fire at the gay nightclub Nov. 19. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, walks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis kneels in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub on Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Colorado governor visits gay club shooting memorial