Colorado gay club shooting victims

Daniel Aston, the self-proclaimed 'Master of Silly Business,' was eager to make people laugh and cheer, his mother said. Five people were killed and 25 were injured after a gunman began shooting inside Club Q in Colorado Springs as soon as he walked in, Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez told reporters during a news conference Sunday morning.

Police identified the suspect as Anderson Lee Aldrich, At least two people, whom authorities described as heroes, then confronted Aldrich and fought with him, which saved more lives, police said. At least two guns, including a long one, were recovered from the scene, police said. The shooting is now being investigated as a hate crime.

Here's what we know about the victims so far:. The venue provided Aston, a year-old transgender man and the self-proclaimed "Master of Silly Business," with the liberating performances he had long sought. His mother, Sabrina Aston, vacillated between past and present tense as she discussed her son Sunday night in their Colorado Springs home.

What we know about the victims of the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting

Aston's father, Jeff Aston, sat nearby listening to his wife's stories and alternating between tightly clasping his hands and cupping his forehead. Her son's eagerness to make people laugh and cheer started as a child in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he would don elaborate costumes, including the beast from "Beauty and the Beast," cycle through weird hats, and write plays acted out by neighborhood kids.

Aston preferred dressing as a boy at a young age until teasing from other kids pushed him to try girls clothing. While Sabrina Aston enjoyed helping style her son, she said the fashion led to weight loss. He put on fundraisers with ever-more flashy productions "He didn't just stand and lip-sync," Sabrina Aston made clear and fanned over '80s hair bands.

Two years ago, Aston moved from Tulsa to Colorado Springs -- where his parents had settled -- and started at Club Q as a bartender and entertainer, where his parents would join in the cheers at his shows. Everybody needs to go see him," his mother said. She is currently still in the hospital, ABC News has learned.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. Breaking Key road in Roxboro closed for emergency repair: See detours. Welcome, Mickey. Manage MyDisney Account. Log Out. By Teddy Grant. Monday, November 21, Anderson Aldrich has been ID'd as the suspect. Daniel Davis Aston, a bartender at Club Q and victim in the shooting, is pictured in an undated family photo.

Aston Family. This undated photo shows Daniel Aston.