Raymond Inexperienced Vance was having a good time at Membership Q on Saturday.

He was “smiling and dancing like a child,” along with his girlfriend on the membership, mentioned Richard Fierro, his girlfriend’s father.

“My daughter obtained to spend a final day with him, blissful,” Fierro mentioned Monday, combating tears. Vance, 22, of Colorado Springs, was considered one of 5 individuals killed by a gunman on the membership Saturday evening, Colorado Springs police confirmed. At the least 18 others have been wounded.

Fierro was considered one of two membership patrons who stopped the shooter by speeding him, disarming him and beating him along with his personal gun.

It was Vance’s first time on the membership, in keeping with 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 means of media liaison Joanna Small.

They described Vance — a son, grandson, brother, nephew and cousin — as “a sort, selfless younger grownup along 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 College in 2018.

His mom remembers him as “a well-liked, well-liked younger man who by no means obtained into any bother and had loads of associates.”

A online game fanatic, Vance finally hoped to show his ardour into a web based profession. Just lately, he secured a job at a Colorado Springs FedEx distribution heart. He aimed to economize for an condo, however lived along with his mom and youthful brother within the meantime.

“His absence will depart irreparable heartbreak in numerous lives,” the household mentioned. “Raymond shall 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.