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by **sdsichero** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:15 am

At least 20 hurt after shooting during 'Dark Knight' screening in Aurora, Colorado

Updated at 4:49 a.m. ET: At least 20 people were hurt early Friday when at least one assailant opened fire during a shootout scene in a midnight screening near Denver of the summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises," police and witnesses said.
The incident occurred in the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center, police told NBC News. Aurora is a suburb less than 10 miles east of downtown Denver.
Brenda Stuart, of 850 KOA radio, told Britain's Sky News that "a lot of people thought the gunshots were part of the movie."
"They heard what they thought were firecrackers," she added, citing witnesses. "Then they saw the bullets flying."
Eyewitness reports said the assailant may have been wearing a gas mask, Stuart said.
KUSA cited witness reports that at least 10 people were killed in the incident, but no confirmation was immediately available. Some eyewitness reports suggested up to 40 people were wounded, KOA reported, but details remained sketchy.
Tear gas went off in the theater following the gunfire, Stuart said. She added that bullets had passed from one theater into an adjoining one.
Police spokeswoman Cassidee Carlson said "the scene is still very active."

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:10 am

White male, 24, Tennessee license plates.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:24 am

People in the theater being interviewed in the live stream here are reporting tear gas cans were thrown from the back of the theater as well when the gunman entered the emergency exit door, which if true and not confusion might mean a second person involved.

These guys are insisting there had to be another person.

http://www.9news.com/video/default.aspx ... 5071045001

People in the adjacent theater are reporting small explosions, possibly tear gas cans, in that theater as well in the beginning, which would also seem possibly to indicate more people involved than just the one in custody.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:33 am

Bomb squad has arrived on the scene at an apartment building in CO, which is being called unsafe and the public & news people have been pulled back. Suspect claimed when caught there are explosives there.

by **bkthomson** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:02 am

NPR: Article
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... t=1&f=1001

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:11 am

James Holmes is the name.

by **CountD** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:16 am

I lived in Aurora right after high school.

this is some serious bs.

by **CountD** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:17 am

at least 12 dead. man.

by **Timbales** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:27 am

I blame Rush Limbaugh.

by **habitual** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:32 am

The youngest victims was 3 months old.

Hab

by **xshane666x** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:40 am

I'll bet dollars to dimes the Colorado Batman shooter was imitating Bane and is some crazy nerd who gets off easy because he is, "insane".

by **bkthomson** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:51 am

xshane666x wrote:I'll bet dollars to dimes the Colorado Batman shooter was imitating Bane and is some crazy nerd who gets off easy because he is, "insane".

No bet. I'd loose.