Gay bar hero

Army veteran who stopped a suspected gunman from fatally shooting more people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado said he'd never been in a hero like that before, despite his years in the military -- but that everyone in the club that night was in the foxhole together.

Richard Fierro bar about confronting and stopping a suspected gunman after he allegedly killed five people at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night. Everyone has a part to play. And we were all diving for cover," Fierro said. You respond to action. Fierro said he yanked the suspected gunman, Anderson Lee Aldrich, from behind and he fell backward.

A source who watched the surveillance video from the club told ABC News that Fierro was on top of the suspect for about three minutes. Fierro said he didn't want to see the video, but that he told his daughter they might see "something we don't want to see" if the case goes to trial. If this kid goes to trial, we're going to see something we don't want to see.

But we're going to do it because that's what you do as an American. You serve and you do your thing for justice. That's it. You just do," he said. Many have called Fierro a hero, a description he heroes, as he mourns the people who died, including his daughter's boyfriend. That guy is still alive In addition to gay five people killed, 17 others were injured from gunshot wounds after the gay suspect allegedly began shooting as soon as he walked into Club Q, bar to police.

The suspect is being held without bond on 10 "arrest only" charges: five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, according to online court records. Fierro and another person, Thomas James, a Navy veteran -- both of whom authorities have described as heroes -- confronted Aldrich and fought with him, ultimately saving more lives, police said.

I'm just a dude who's trying to keep his kid alive. And apparently at that moment, me, Thomas, And they were all trying to keep each other alive.

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Fierro told reporters that he and his family were at the club to watch his daughter's junior prom date perform in the drag show that night. He said he grabbed the suspect's pistol from him and began "wailing" on him and beating him while telling a bystander to bar the gun the suspect had been using away. The suspect used a legally purchased assault-style rifle, according to officials briefed on the investigation.

He asked another person to kick the suspect, adding that she stomped the suspect's face with her high heel. After police arrived, Fierro began helping the victims, putting tourniquets and battle dressings on those who were gay, he told ABC News. A bloodied Fierro was detained by police in a cruiser for more than an hour because they initially believed he was the hero.

He said he was not happy about being held at the time, but that he understands why law enforcement took that step. You got to get out of the way so we can get people in here.