years. raymond was a great young man. he was on his way to do some amazing things. and for me, right now, it s about healing. i have two friends still in the hospital that were shot. my best friends. my whole colorado springs family was there. and so, what i think i was doing was protecting their family, which is what i do. and sometimes, to a fault. and i do things because, you know, fight or flight, i think i d tend to go fight a lot more. i don t know if it s good or not, doesn t matter. either way, i went to the ground best they could, and we both hit the ground, me and shep. i put my back i tried to stand up, and i fell. and i fell against it s like a benched seeding kind of, 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. it might not even been window. but i saw a lot of people, and this guy was there, and i saw
sweetheart and her family. well, his girlfriend s dad was there, hisie name is richard fierro, he s a retired u.s. army officer, he uretired as a majo after 15 years in the army, three tours in iraq, one in afghanistan, a decorated officer, earned two bronze stars in combat. mr. fierro was at club q on saturday night withub his wife d with his family, supporting his daughter s friend, who was part of the drag performance that night. when the shooting started, richard told the new york times that he hit the floor right away. s he pulled a friend down with him. he said he then saw the gunman moving toward a door that led from the inside of the club to a patio area and he knew that wih dozens had fled out of the bar on to that patio to get away from the shooter.ad when he saw the shooter heading toward that patio, he chased them down. he raced across the barroom. the gunman was reportedly wearing body armor. richard fierro said he grabbed
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
went to club q on saturday to celebrate a friend s birthday. they were watching a drag show when the gunfire erupted. and he said that at that moment his combat instincts from four deployments to iraq and afghanistan kicked in. police arerediti him and thomas james with stopping the tragedy from being even worse. tackling the gunman and beating him with his own gun to stop him. now by the end of the night, three of fierro s loved ones were shot and one died. we spoke last night about it all. i saw the shooter. i had no idea what was going on but 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 flack vest and for me there is a handle, i m getting it. so i ran across the room, grabbed the handle and pulled him down and then started to