A man who survived a deadly attack at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs Saturday night told how he hid in a dressing room with two other people after shots rang out.
Joshua Thurman, 34, told reporters how he had been dancing on the dancefloor at Club Q when he first heard about four or five gunshots.
‘I thought it was the music because there were no screams, no shouts of “Help, help,” nothing like that,’ he said. ‘Then I heard more shots and saw the flash from the muzzle of the gun.’
‘When I realized what was going on, I ran to the dressing room immediately. There was a customer that followed me, and there was a drag performer, Del Lusional, who was in the dressing room. I made them lock the doors and we got down on the floor and cut out the lights immediately.’
From their hiding spot, Thurman said: ‘We heard everything, we hard more shots fired, we heard the assailant be beat up by someone who I assume tackled him, we heard the police come in, we heard them yelling at him, we…
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