More than 100 pages of court docs were released in connection with a 2021 criminal case against the Club Q suspected shooter on Thursday, and the 4th Judicial DA's Office explained the case did not see a trial due to lack of cooperation from witnesses.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — More than 100 pages of court documents were released in connection with a 2021 criminal case against the Club Q suspected shooter on Thursday, and the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office explained the case did not see a trial due to lack of cooperation from witnesses.
Fourth Judicial District Judge Robin Chittum unsealed the 2021 bomb threat case on Thursday morning. The judge said,"the public interest in the case outweighed the privacy rights of defendant," as reported by the Associated Press.READ MORE: All of Denver7's coverage on the Club Q shooting, the victims, and the recoveryDuring a press conference on Thursday afternoon, DA Allen explained that he wanted to provide truth to the community and nation about the 2021 case.
On Jan. 27, 2022, the defendant entered a not guilty plea and the clock for a speedy trial began to tick. Prosecution had six months from then to get the case to trial. "Now, there’s many reasons why a crime victim may recant, but in my experience, the most common are love, fear and guilt," she said. He said he knows from many years of experience that “a piece of paper in the form of a mandatory protection order, or even a civil protection order, will not stop someone who is intent on hurting someone.”
When a crime is committed, the public should be able to learn about that person's prior cases, he said, even if they were dismissed. Multiple other district attorneys around the Denver metro area agree with this, he said. On June 18, 2021, the grandparents asked the defendant to come to the living room for a family meeting about the move. The defendant allegedly came up from the basement with a Glock handgun and “began loading bullets into the magazine,” the affidavit states.
The grandparents were held for a period of time until they promised to not move, the affidavit reads. The defendant then started chugging vodka and told the grandparents he needed it for “what he’s about to do.” Deputies contacted the defendant’s mother, Laura Voepel, by phone, and she was not cooperative, court documents state. Voepel allegedly did not want to answer any questions regarding the whereabouts of the defendant.
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