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BBC Pidgin of Monday, 21 November 2022

Source: BBC

How 'clubbers' stop mass shooter for America

Di shooting happun for Colorado Di shooting happun for Colorado

Dem don dey hail pipo for one gay club for di US state of Colorado say dem be heroes afta dem stop di shooter.

Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers say one of di club goers bin grap di attacker gun come hit am fo head during one shooting for Clib Q on Saturday night.

Tori be say anoda pesin hold di guman down till police come.

Di gunman kill five pipo and injure 25 more before dem arrest am.

Di police don release di suspect name come outside say im be 22 year old Anderson Lee Aldrich and im dey police custody now.

Mayor Suthers describe di intervention of club goers "incredible act of heroism".

Colorado govnor, Jared Polis who im sef na gay, hail di "brave pipo wey block di gunman, and fit don save lives in di process".

'I bin tink say di shots bin dey part of di music'

Police chief, Adrian Vasquez tell tori pipo say "initial evidence and interviews show say di suspect enta Club Q and immediately and start to dey shoot pipo as e bin dey waka enta inside more, more.

"As di suspect bin dey inside di club, at least two heroic pipo inside di club face am and fight di suspect and stop am to kill or harm odas. We owe dem beta thank you".

Mayor Suthers say "dem call police by 11:57pm, buy 12:00, police don land. And di mata end by 12:02 and na because of one or two ogbonge pipo wey subdue di guy... collect im gun ... come use am nack am and dem no shoot am ooo".

Club Q bin dey hold dance party at di time of di attack and bin dey plan one performance on Sunday evening to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Joshua Thurman, 34 wey bin dey di club during di shooting, say at first im bin tink say di shooting bin dey part of di music but later go hide for di club dressing room.

Oga Thurman wey dey live near di club say, na important part of di local gay community and e believe say e no one of di pipo wey die.

Police still dey try confam how many pipo injure as some pipo bin carry dem sefs go hospital.

Investigation dey go on to see weda di shooting na hate crime and weda anoda pesin follow plan am.

Di club release statement for Facebook wia dem thank di "sharp reaction of our customers wey subdue di gunman and ed dis hate attack. Club Q dey devastated by di senseless attack for our community".

Mass killings for America

According to di Gun Violence Archive, na 601 mass shootings don happun for di United States dis year alone.

Dis go be di third year since 2020 wey mass shootings for di kontri dey pass di 600 mark.

For 2020 alone more than 45,000 pipo die through di use of gun - weda na murder or suicide.

For Colorado, dem don see some mass shottings too.

2021 mass shooting bin happun for one supermarket wey kill ten pipo.

For 2015, three pipo die for shooting for one Planned Parenthood shooting.

President Joe Biden hala on top dis latest shooting na, "places wey suppose be safe spaces of acceptance and celebration no suppose turn to places of fear and violence but e dey happun almost all di time.",