Richard Fierro, a decorated Army veteran who was at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday night when a gunman opened fire, has recalled how he worked with other patrons to stop the shooter from killing more people.

Fierro was at Club Q with his wife, daughter and friends watching a drag show when a shooter wearing body armor and carrying an AR-15-style rifle killed five people and injured 19 others.

In a news conference from his home, Fierro and his wife, Jessica Fierro, described how he charged across the room, pulled the gunman to the ground from behind by his body armor and beat him with his own weapon.

I just went into combat mode, Fierro said, according to The New York Times . I just know I have to kill this guy before he kills us.

Fierro, a veteran of four combat tours of Iraq and Afghanistan and a former platoon leader, said he started shouting orders to a young man who had stopped nearby to help, The Washington Post reported . Fierro had grabbed the gunmans pistol, and was beating him with it while directing the young man to move the rifle.

I said, Kick him! Move the AR! Then I just started hitting him. But he was in armor plates, so I started hitting him wherever there was skin, Fierro said, according to the Post.

When the man helping him grew tired, Fierro said he flagged down a person in high heels to help, shouting, Kick him!

She kicked him because the other guy was tired, Fierro said.

The drag queen who was performing at Club Q on Saturday night, Del Lusional, later tweeted to clarify that the person who helped Fierro was a transgender woman, not a drag queen as Fierro had initially described her.

The one who saved my life and stomped the shooters face in was not a drag queen, she is a trans woman, Del Lusional wrote.

The performer noted Fierro was likely unaware of this when he shared his account. But now that we know, lets correct it.