“I will miss you forever”: Heartbreaking tributes to bartenders killed at Q Club in Colorado Springs

Derrick Rump and Daniel Davis Aston at Q Club (Photo: Twitter)

Two bartenders at Q Club in Colorado Springs were among the five confirmed killed in Saturday night’s shooting tragedy. They were the first to be named yesterday by police.

The attack happened just before midnight. A gunman walked into the club with a long rifle and began firing at staff and patrons. He managed to kill five and injure around 25 others before two patrons overpowered him and used his weapon to beat and subdue him. Cops have recovered the rifle and another gun at the scene.

The attacker, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, is now in custody and likely facing multiple first-degree murder charges.

The bartenders killed were Daniel Davis Aston, age 28, and Derrick Rump.

Daniel Davis Aston

Aston, a trans man, was the self-described “Master of Silly Business” and would sometimes perform for patrons at the club. He heralded from Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved to Colorado Springs a couple of years ago with his parents.

His mom, Sabrina Aston, told Associated Press, “We are in shock … I keep thinking it’s a mistake, they made a mistake, and that he is really alive.”

She added that she and her husband would…

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