Raymond Inexperienced Vance was having a good time at Membership Q on Saturday.
He was “smiling and dancing like a child,” together with his girlfriend on the membership, mentioned Richard Fierro, his girlfriend’s father.
“My daughter bought to spend a final day with him, blissful,” Fierro mentioned Monday, combating tears. Vance, 22, of Colorado Springs, was certainly one of 5 folks killed by a gunman on the membership Saturday night time, Colorado Springs police confirmed. A minimum of 18 others have been wounded.
Fierro was certainly one of two membership patrons who stopped the shooter by speeding him, disarming him and beating him together with his personal gun.
It was Vance’s first time on the membership, in response to a information launch by his household. He doesn’t establish as LGBTQ+, however as an ally.
“Sadly, he by no means left the membership,” they mentioned in an announcement by media liaison Joanna Small.
They described Vance — a son, grandson, brother, nephew and cousin — as “a sort, selfless younger grownup together with his complete life forward of him.”
Born in Chicago earlier than spending “his complete life” in Colorado Springs, Vance graduated from Sand Creek Excessive Faculty in 2018.
His mom remembers him as “a well-liked, well-liked younger man who by no means bought into any bother and had loads of mates.”
A online game fanatic, Vance finally hoped to show his ardour into an internet profession. Lately, he secured a job at a Colorado Springs FedEx distribution heart. He aimed to save cash for an residence, however lived together with his mom and youthful brother within the meantime.
“His absence will depart irreparable heartbreak in numerous lives,” the household mentioned. “Raymond can be missed unbearably.”
Kassy Fierro, Inexperienced’s girlfriend, wrote a number of Fb posts on Monday memorializing him, noting that the 2 have been collectively for 5 years and 4 months.
She described him as “the brightest mild” of a person who smiled and laughed usually.
She hid in a dressing room with fellow membership patron Joshua Thurman when the gunfire began, her father mentioned Monday.
“He grabbed my daughter and so they went and hid,” he mentioned. “He saved my daughter’s life.”
He mentioned Vance was part of their household.
“He’s a great man,” he mentioned, “and I liked him.”
Denver Submit reporter Shelly Bradbury contributed to this creating story.
