Survivors of LGBTQ+ club shooting say the deaths and trauma could’ve been avoided in lawsuits

Adriana Vance collected herself in front of the cameras, two years to the day after her son was killed in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, a murder that lawsuits allege could have been prevented by law enforcement and the club’s owners.

The two lawsuits, formally announced at a press conference Tuesday, target Club Q’s owners for not having enough security, and the El Paso County commissioners and the former sheriff for not using the state’s red flag

Read more coverage of the Club Q federal lawsuit from Jesse Bedayn for the Associated Press.