Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting By THOMAS PEIPERT | Associated Press – 7 mins ago
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater on the opening night of the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said. The gunman, who is in custody, stood at the front of the theater and fired into the crowd about 12:30 a.m. MDT at a multiplex theater in a mall in Aurora. "Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said at a news conference. Police, ambulances and emergency crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding the 911 switchboard, officials said. Officers came running in and telling people to leave the theater, Salina Jordan told the Denver Post. She said some police were carrying and dragging bodies. Officers later found the gunman near a car behind the theater........................>>>>......................>>>>....................http://news.yahoo.com/police-14-dead-colorado-theater-shooting-093016145.html
14 dead, 50 wounded in shooting at Colorado theater, police chief says By the CNN Wire Staff updated 7:05 AM EDT, Fri July 20, 2012 (CNN) -- At least 14 people were killed and 50 wounded when a gunman opened fire during an early Friday morning screening of the new Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado, theater, Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.
The heavily armed suspect, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was apprehended by police in a rear parking lot of the theater, Frank Fania, a police spokesman, told CNN. The suspect was not immediately identified, though Fania said he was believed to be in his early 20s.
"He did not resist. He did not put up a fight," Fania said. Police seized a rifle and a handgun from the suspect, and another gun was found in the theater, he said.
KMGH: Mass shooting inside Aurora movie theater
Oates said there was no evidence of a second gunman.
Chaos broke out during the showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century Aurora 16 theater when the shooting began, police and witnesses said.
"We saw people running around and screaming," a man, who was not identified, told CNN affiliate KUSA.
KUSA: One person in custody
He said there was confusion in the theater when the shooting began because many believed the sound of gunfire was coming from the movie.
Oates said that the suspect used some sort of "smoke device" before opening fire in the theater.
Witnesses told KUSA that the gunman kicked in an emergency exit door and threw a smoke bomb into the darkened theater before opening fire.
One movie-goer, who was not identified, told KUSA the gunman was wearing a gas mask when he released a smoke bomb and then began moving through the theater, randomly shooting at people.
Cell phone video taken by someone at the theater showed scores of people screaming and fleeing the building. Some had blood on their clothes.
One police officer carried a girl believed to be about 9 with gunshot wound to her back out of the theater, a witness said. "She wasn't moving."
Authorities have also evacuated the suspect's Aurora apartment building after "he made a statement about explosives" in his unit, Oates said.
Of the wounded, at least 20 were being treated at the University of Colorado Hospital, said spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery. All of the wounded suffered from gunshot wounds, which ranged from minor to critical, she said.
"They're arriving by police, by ambulance. Some are walking in," she said.
Ten people were killed in the theater and another four died at area hospitals, Oates said.
Hundreds of police officers descended on the theater, and the FBI has joined the investigation.
"We were calling for help from every police and fire agency," Fania said.
The TSA can expand their reach! The Theater Safety Administration. We need full body scanners and government security workers at all movie theaters. It is the only sensible solution. This was terrorism!!
Like the poster here Visitor said..............it is probably just a case of 'stupidity'!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Updated at 11:11 a.m. ET: Twelve people were killed and at least 50 others were wounded early Friday when a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire during a midnight premier screening of the latest Batman movie near Denver, authorities and witnesses said. The apartment of the suspect in custody, named as James Holmes, 24, who had been a student at the University of Colorado Medical School, had been booby-trapped with what police described as sophisticated explosives or flammable material, and officers were trying to determine how to defuse the device or devices, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said. The area had been evacuated, and police were expected to remain on the scene "for hours or days," he said.
Police said there was no evidence of additional suspects. NBC NEWS
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
I would NOT be surprised that this kook is a member of an extreme right OR left wing group which is attempting to subvert our Democratic process.. If it IS -- then shame on that group and all of its nayboob members.
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I really haven't heard of any political involvment just another nut case with some screws loose.
The world is full of "just another nut case with some screws loose"... The problem is that these 'nut cases' have free access to "their Nut Case Second Amendment Right" to shoot as many people as they can.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
So if you take away their guns that will use explosives, take away explosives they will use gasoline and on and on and on. If a nut case wants to kill he will find a way.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Too bad all of the folks in that movie theater wasn't carrying their own gun! The guy would have never gotten as far as he did. If all folks were allowed to carry hand guns, this wacko nut job would have been thinking twice before doing what the did. the 99.9% of the honest american folks, if they were allowed to carry hand guns, this kind of bullcrap wouldn't be happening.
Question here.......how the hell did this guy acquire full BODY ARMOR???
Here's a conspiracy theory that we heard from a conspiracy thinker at work today.........ready?.............it was a set up!!! The kid they arrested was just a patsy. This happened just about the same time that the UN is passing their gun law. It was set up so the united states can disarm americans.......thoughts?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Here's a conspiracy theory that we heard from a conspiracy thinker at work today.........ready?.............it was a set up!!! The kid they arrested was just a patsy. This happened just about the same time that the UN is passing their gun law. It was set up so the united states can disarm americans.......thoughts?
Does it matter? Buy more guns and body armour and let them take the gun out of your cold dead hand. I don't need a conspiracy theory for that. This guy is a lightweight compared to the historical violence perpetuated by the government.
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