Raymond Green Vance was a 22-year-old Black man from Colorado Springs remembered by family and friends as kind, selfless and popular. A 2018 Sand Creek High School graduate, he had recently started a job at a FedEx distribution center and was saving his first paycheck toward getting his own apartment. Vance spent much of his free time playing video games and hoped to build an online career. He had dated his longtime girlfriend, Kassy Fierro, since middle school.

On the night of November 19, 2022, Vance went to Club Q in Colorado Springs for the first time with his girlfriend, her parents and friends to celebrate a birthday. Just before midnight a gunman entered the club and opened fire, killing five people, including Vance, and injuring at least 18 others. Patrons intervened and the attacker was taken into custody. Vance’s girlfriend’s father, Richard Fierro, later said Vance grabbed his daughter and got her to safety.

If anyone who knew Raymond remembers him or has information about that night, please share what you know.