'Dark Knight Rises' screening shooting in suburban Denver (12 dead, 38 wounded)

Thom Yorke · 07-20-2012, 09:54 AM

'Dark Knight Rises' screening shooting in suburban Denver leaves 12 dead, 38 wounded: police - NY Daily News

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AURORA, Colo. -- A heavily armed gunman went on a real-life rampage at a midnight showing of the “The Dark Knight Rises” outside of Denver Friday, killing 12 people and wounding 38 others.

A 24-year-old suspect — identified as James Holmes, a former Colorado University medical school student — was in custody.

Hordes of cops in helmets and flak jackets had surrounded his apartment building in North Aurora, which was booby-trapped with “very sophisticated” explosives, authorities said.

The gunman burst into the packed theater through an emergency door 20 minutes into the movie, set off a canister that emitted tear gas and opened fire, witnesses said.

“I thought it was pretty much the end of the world,” theatergoer Robert Jones, 28, told the Denver Post.

Witnesses described the shooter methodically picking off his victims, stopping only to reload.

“There were bullet (casings) just falling on my head,” Jennifer Seeger told the Associated Press.

“Every few seconds it was just: Boom, boom, boom,” she added. “He would reload and shoot, and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed.”

Ten people were found dead at the scene. Two died at local hospitals.
The youngest victim was believed to be a four-month old infant who was treated for non-life threatening injuries and released. At least six victims were rushed to the Children’s Hospital in Aurora, including a 6-year-old with a bullet wound.

Eleven victims were reported to be in critical condition.

“This is a horrific event,” Aurora police chief Dan Oates said at a press conference early Friday morning.

Oates said the masked gunman, clad in black, was arrested near a car behind the theater complex in Aurora.

The suspect was carrying a gas mask, rifle and handgun. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and a riot helmet. Two other guns — a shotgun and an assault rifle — were found inside the theater.

**Janszoon** · 07-20-2012, 09:57 AM

Horrible. Supposedly one of the victims had narrowly avoided being at that mall shooting in Toronto too.

Thom Yorke · 07-20-2012, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Horrible. Supposedly one of the victims had narrowly avoided being at that mall shooting in Toronto too.

Yeah, she was an aspiring sportscaster. Apparently the last thing she wrote about was the Eaton Centre shooting.

LoathsomePete · 07-20-2012, 10:22 AM

Really sad news, these shootings always bother me because there's just something so unfair and random about them. My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

LoathsomePete · 07-20-2012, 10:44 AM

Take it to PM's you two.

**Frownland** · 07-20-2012, 12:46 PM

It really is a horrific and senselessly violent affair. From what it sounds like, (obviously the shooter had to be loony to do something so drastic) the shooter might have been attempting to be a Batman villain, but without the class and suspense.

Does this event mean that the film will forever be attached to the shootings? It's something that fans have been looking forward to for so long and I'm sure that it'll still go down as a classic, but this tragedy will always be in the back of my mind when I watch it.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-20-2012, 01:17 PM

wow.

blastingas10 · 07-20-2012, 03:37 PM

This is really unbelievable. I can't imagine being there. There's just really no way to know when someone is going to bust in, wherever you are, with a gun and start killing people. It's insane.

The rumors have already begun, this was a so called "manchurian candidate", used to push the ban of firearms.

**Janszoon** · 07-20-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

The rumors have already begun, this was a so called "manchurian candidate", used to push the ban of firearms.

blastingas10 · 07-20-2012, 03:54 PM

Or he was just a crazy bastard.

This incident is certainly going to be reason to support to ban of firearms, though.

07-20-2012, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Really sad news, these shootings always bother me because there's just something so unfair and random about them. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	It really is a horrific and senselessly violent affair. From what it sounds like, (obviously the shooter had to be loony to do something so drastic) the shooter might have been attempting to be a Batman villain, but without the class and suspense. Does this event mean that the film will forever be attached to the shootings? It's something that fans have been looking forward to for so long and I'm sure that it'll still go down as a classic, but this tragedy will always be in the back of my mind when I watch it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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07-20-2012, 03:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	This is really unbelievable. I can't imagine being there. There's just really no way to know when someone is going to bust in, wherever you are, with a gun and start killing people. It's insane. The rumors have already begun, this was a so called "manchurian candidate", used to push the ban of firearms.

07-20-2012, 03:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Or he was just a crazy bastard. This incident is certainly going to be reason to support to ban of firearms, though.