Gone Too Soon

Taken from Us

Remembering the five people killed in the attack on Club Q.

ASHLEY PAUGH

Ashely Paugh was a mother.

In a statement her family said that her daughter Ryleigh “was her whole world,” CNN reports.

“She loved her dad, her sister, and her family; Ashley was a loving aunt, with many nieces and nephews who are devastated by her loss,” her family said.

Paugh worked for a local nonprofit called Kids Crossing which helps connect foster children to homes — that included helping LGBTQ+ children find accepting foster placements.

“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,” the statement said.

RAYMOND GREEN VANCE

Raymond Green Vance, 22, died while visiting Club Q with his girlfriend, her parents, and some of her parents’ friends.

According to a statement by his family, they had gone to celebrate a birthday. He was with the man, Richard M. Fierro, who tackled and subdued the suspected gunman.

Vance had started a new job and was excited about getting his first check. At the time of his death, he lived with his mother and brother.

“Unfortunately, he never left the club. Raymond was the victim of a man who unleashed terror on innocent people out with family and friends,” Vance’s family said. “His own family and friends are completely devastated by the sudden loss of a son, grandson, brother, nephew, and cousin loved by so many.”

They added, “Raymond was a kind, selfless young adult with his entire life ahead of him. His closest friend describes him as gifted, one-of-akind, and willing to go out of his way to help anyone.”

DANIEL ASTON

Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Aston worked at Club Q as a bar supervisor.

He came out as transgender as a teenager, his mother, Sabrina Aston told The Denver Post.

“He had so much more life to give to us, and to all his friends and to himself,” she said. “He always said, ‘I’m shy,’ but he wasn’t. He wrote poetry. He loved to dress up. He got into drama in high school. He’s an entertainer. That’s what he really loves.”

DERRICK RUMP

Derrick Rump was a bartender at Club Q.

His sister, Julia Kissling, told local media that Rump had “found a community of people that he loved really much, and he felt that he could shine there — and he did.”

She added, “He made a difference in so many people’s lives, and that’s where he wanted to be.”

KELLY LOVING

Kelly Loving was another patron gunned down in the shooting. She was visiting from Denver. Her sister, Tiffany Loving, was told of her death by the FBI.

“She was loving, always trying to help the next person out instead of thinking of herself. She just was a caring person,” she told the New York Times. “I was really close with her.”

Kelly Loving’s friend, Natalee Skye Bingham, said she was devastated.

“She was a tough woman,” Bingham said. “She taught me how it was to be a trans woman and live your life day to day.”

Bingham said that she had just finished speaking with Loving before the shooting began. She said that Loving was like a trans mother to her.

Gov. Jared Polis pays his respects at the memorial for the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo.