Colorado Springs fundraisers are rallying people behind the city’s LGBTQ community after the Club...

Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs was standing room only Tuesday night as the small brewery held a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

The fundraiser came just days after a shooting left five people dead and nearly two dozen injured. But the fundraiser, hosted by UCCS alum Richard Fierro who operates Atrevida with his wife, was planned before Fierro — an Army veteran — gained national attention for helping stop the attack at Club Q, a local LGBTQ club, on Nov. 19.

“There's no way we would've expected the community to come out like this,” Fierro said as his servers sold pint after pint. The brewery donated one dollar from each beer sold to the resource center and Ent credit union said it would match the amount raised.

Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor John Suthers were also on hand as Ent Credit Union presented Fierro with its first Community Advocate Award, complete with a $50,000 check.

In the days since the shooting, Colorado Springs has rallied around the LGBTQ community. Pride flags now hang from businesses all along the city’s downtown, including a 25-foot one draped over the front of city hall.