Prosecutors have formally charged the Club Q shooter with hate crimes (Picture: REUTERS)

The suspect accused of killing five and wounding at least 17 people at a Colorado LGBTQ club has been formally charged with over 300 criminal counts.

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, appeared in person at a hearing in a Colorado Springs courtroom, where he was charged with murder and hate crimes.

Aldrich was already charged with murder, but prosecutors deemed it important to charge him with additional counts of ‘bias-motivated crimes’ to send a message of support to the community.

On November 19, a gunman wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15 style rifle entered Club Q in Colorado Springs and opened fire. The attack was only stopped when a club patron was able to grab the attacker’s own weapon and subdue him with it.

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Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, appeared in person at a hearing in a Colorado Springs courtroom, where he was formally charged with murder and hate crimes.