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Photos: 5 killed after gunman opens fire at gay nightclub

A man, left, and his daughter hug while paying their respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Alex Clemons, left, and his daughter Epifania, 11, hug while paying their respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday night, killing five people and wounding at least 25, officials said.
(Helen H. Richardson / Getty Images)
By Times Photography Wire Services
 and Gary Coronado

Colorado Authorities said Sunday that a gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado — killing five and injuring 25 — was subdued by “heroic” patrons who hit him with his own gun.

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Flags appear near yellow police tape at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo.
(Helen H. Richardson / Getty Images)
A man is comforted by his friend at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Joshua Thurman, center, gets comforted by his friend Ryane Flippo, left, at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thurman was inside the club when the shooting began.
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A member of the FBI works on the investigation in the parking lot of Club Q.
A member of the FBI works on the investigation in the parking lot of Club Q, where a gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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A man places his head on his knees as he pays his respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q.
Winston Yellen places his head on his knees as he pays his respects at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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FBI and local police get ready to have an SUV towed from the parking lot outside Club Q.
FBI and local police get ready to have an SUV towed from the parking lot outside Club Q, where a gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
(RJ Sangosti / Getty Images)
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Two women attend a candlelight vigil in Los Angeles for victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jacky Santiago, 24, left, and Khayra Mentado, 22, both of Los Angeles, attend a candlelight vigil along Santa Monica Boulevard on Sunday in Los Angeles.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
People gather to attend a candlelight vigil along Santa Monica Blvd.
People gather to attend a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the LGBTQ community of Colorado Springs, Colo., along Santa Monica Boulevard on Sunday in Los Angeles.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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Gary Coronado

Gary Coronado was a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times from 2016-24. He is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography for images of Central Americans risking life and limb as they jump aboard the trains from southern Mexico bound for the United States and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news photography for team coverage of hurricanes. He began freelancing for the Orange County Register and relocated to South Florida in 2001, when he was awarded a fellowship through the Freedom Forum. Coronado grew up in Southern California and graduated from USC.

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