Navy petty officer who helped stop Club Q shooting says he “wanted to save the family I found”

COLORADO SPRINGS — A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping prevent further harm during a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado last weekend said Sunday that he “simply wanted to save the family that I found.”

Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James made his first public comments on the shooting in a statement issued through Centura Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, where James is recovering from undisclosed injuries suffered during the…