he was on his way to do amazing things, and for me right now, it s about healing. i have wo friends still in the hospital that were shot. my best friends here. my whole colorado springs family was there so what i think i was doing is protecting my family, which is what i do. and sometimes to a fault, and i do things, because, you know, fight or fight, i tend to go fight a lot more. i don t know if it s good or not. it doesn t matter. either way, i went to the ground. as soon as i heard the rounds, i dove down, i pushed over my friend the best i could, and we both hit the ground, me and chip. i put my back against i tried to stand up and i fell. and then i fell against the it s like a bench seating, and at that point, i saw the shooter. i had no idea what was going on. but apparently i saw him going to the patio area, because i saw a lot of people in the window.
the d.a. s office doesn t play a part in the red flag law. that would be up to a law enforcement agency. that s why i say nobody in this group can really answer that specific question. it has to be initiated by law enforcement or a member of the public. we re also learning more about one of the heroes who subdued the gunman. army veteran richard fierro was at club q saturday night with his wife, his daughter, and his daughter s long time boyfriend raymond green vance, who was among those killed in the attack. the group was there to see his daughter s friend perform in a drag show. here is fierro, a decorated combat veteran, who served in both iraq and afghanistan, speaking to reporters last night. guy came in shooting, man. he came in shooting. he was shooting i don t know what he was shooting at. i saw the flash. i dove, pushed my buddy down. i fell back behind one of the bar there is a bench seating and fell and hit the back there
kicked in? what sparked this off, if you don t mind going through it again. i went to the ground like everybody did. then when i rolled to get up, i knew i had to do something. i rolled to get up and i fell backwards in to like a seating area, bench seating. i fell in to that. as i fell i hit my back and looked up. i saw in like a window door and i saw people behind it. this guy was standing in front of it. i didn t know if he was shooting or getting ready. i have no idea. i went i have to stop this guy. i ran across the room and pulled him down. a young man, i believe, was trying to hide himself in the corner jumped up with me. i don t know if he helped me pull him down. i think the thomas kid. i can t remember all the names. the kid jumped up with me, we pulled him down, and his rifle
he was at club q with his wife, daughter and his daughter s boyfriend and family friends. in an interview with cnn he recalls hitting the ground the moment he heard the shots, but then says he immediately went into fight mode. i went to the ground, as soon as i heard the rounds, i dove down, i pushed over my friend as best i could and we both hit the ground, me and chip. i put my back against i tried to stand up and i fell and then i fell against it s like a bench seating and i and i at that point i saw the shooter. i had no idea what was going on, but apparently i saw him going to the patio area because i saw a lot of people in the window it may not have even been a window, but i saw a lot of people and this guy was there and i saw the acu pattern flak vest and for me that was like there s a handle, i m getting it. so i ran across the room, grabbed the handle, pulled him down and then started to
there s a bench seating. i fell and hit the back. i tried when i tried to get up, i fell backwards. as i hit it, i saw the acu, it was over there. i don t know if he was shooting. there was a lull. i saw that and i saw the people in the patio. i found out my wife was out there. that s where they had run. i grabbed him by the back of his little cheap-asss armor thing. he was hiding there. he jumped up with me. i have no idea. that guy did the same act. amazing. pull the dude down. pin him against the side. just started i think he went for his pistol. i don t know. either way i grabbed the pistol from him. then i told the guy, move the ar, the kid in front of me. he was at his head. i said, move the ar. get it away from him.