Kelly Loving, a 40-year-old transgender woman visiting from Memphis, Tennessee, was one of five people killed in a mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs on November 19, 2022. Friends and family said she had recently celebrated her 40th birthday, was excited to explore her new life in Colorado, and was known as a caring, sweet presence and a mother figure to many in her community who worked to help others feel confident.

According to accounts from the night, Loving was on a FaceTime call with a friend just before the gunman entered the club and opened fire. During the chaos she was fatally shot; one survivor later said Loving fell on top of them and believed she may have shielded them from the gunfire. Two patrons subdued the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, before police arrived; five people were killed and many others injured in the attack, which occurred on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

If anyone knew Kelly or was at Club Q that night and can add details about her life or what happened, please share information that might help her memory be honored.