Paugh said his wife also worked with the LGBTQ community to find foster placements for children.

'She would do anything for the kids – traveling all over southeastern Colorado, from Pueblo and Colorado Springs to Fremont County and the Colorado border, working to raise awareness and encourage individuals and families to become foster parents to children in our community,' he said. He also played video games and hoped to turn that into an online career, the statement added. He spent most of his spare time with his girlfriend, who he’d been with since middle school. His closest friend describes him as gifted, one-of-a-kind, and willing to go out of his way to help anyone,” the statement said. “Raymond was a kind, selfless young adult with his entire life ahead of him. The family members were not named in the statement. “He couldn't wait to save enough money to get his own apartment, but in the meantime he lived with his mother and younger brother who adored him,” the statement said. Vance had just gotten a new job at a Colorado Springs FedEx distribution center. According to the statement Raymond 'himself is not a member of it.' The statement said Vance was supportive of the LGBTQ community. “His own family and friends are completely devastated by the sudden loss of a son, grandson, brother, nephew, and cousin loved by so many.” Raymond was the victim of a man who unleashed terror on innocent people out with family and friends,” the statement said. And they did have to take her appendix out, but she is going to make a great recovery,' Juvera said. I know at this point that it was a success to get the bullet out. Juvera said her friend who was working the DJ booth was shot in the attack.Īs of Monday, her condition had improved. “I immediately called 9-1-1 to get them on the scene as soon as possible.” “Once I kind of heard the gunshots, like, stop shooting, I kind of, like, scanned the room to ensure that he wasn't still in the room,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez, who had served in the military, said his instincts kicked in when he heard the gunshots. “When Gil said to get down immediately, my initial thought was just ‘React, act quickly and get on the ground.’” The smell is what got to me,” Juvera said.

I honestly thought it was the music myself until I smelled the actual gunpowder. And, at first, she thought the shots were part of the song that was playing. Rodriguez was accompanied by Felicia Juvera, who was at the nightclub to support a friend who was DJing. “From the amount of shots that initially went off when he came into the club, I honestly thought it was multiple people shooting,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday. Gil Rodriguez, who was in Club Q on Saturday night, recalled that he first thought there were multiple shooters inside the Colorado Springs nightclub. “That was the last person that I wanted to talk to,” Hudson said, not knowing whether or not he would survive.

They saved my life,' he said.Īs he lay there, Hudson called his dad – whom he called his best friend. He then collapsed and bystanders came to his aid. I made it out of the back of the club,” said Hudson, who described a dramatic escape that included climbing over a chainlink fence before he ended up at a 7-Eleven. “I took off running to the back and I got shot. Hudson said he had just moved to Colorado a few weeks earlier and decided to check out Club Q.Īfter only about 30-45 minutes inside, he heard several pops amid the music and then saw the gunman, who proceeded to shoot a man right in front of Barrett.

I damn sure did not expect to walk as soon as I’m walking,” he said. 'Seven bullets missed my spine, missed my liver, missed my colon.' Hudson told CNN's Jon Berman.

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