Colorado shooting:
Colorado shooting film gunman killed 12 people
GUNMAN KILLED 12 PEOPLE IN SHOOTING AT COLORADO:
Colorado shooting film gunman killed 12 people
GUNMAN KILLED 12 PEOPLE IN SHOOTING AT COLORADO:
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The movie industry is reacting
with shock and sadness to the tragic shooting outside a screening of “The Dark
Knight Rises” in a Denver suburb late last night, and in the wake of the
incident the Paris premiere of the film has been cancelled.
Late last night, a gunman opened
fire outside a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., showing “The Dark Knight Rises,”
killing at least 12 people and leaving at least 50 injured.
The suspect in shooting was
arrested by police and identified as James Holmes, a 24-year-old American.
In the wake of the shooting, the
plug was pulled from the splashy Paris premiere of “The Dark Knight
Rises.” According to an Associated Press report, workers were seen pulling
down the red carpet display in front of a theater on Paris’s Champs-Elysees
Avenue on Friday afternoon
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Warner Bros. and the filmmakers
behind “The Dark Knight Rises” issued this statement: “Warner Bros. and the
filmmakers are deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extend
our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this
tragic time.”
Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and
CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), issued this
statement: “We share the shock and sadness of everyone in the motion picture
community at the news of this terrible event. We extend our prayers and deepest
sympathies to the victims, their loved ones and all those affected by this
tragedy.”
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New York City Police Commissioner
Raymond W. Kelly said law enforcement is taking steps to keep moviegoers safe
in the New York area. “As a precaution against copycats and to raise the
comfort levels among movie patrons in the wake of the horrendous shooting in
Colorado, the New York City Police Department is providing coverage at theaters
where the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is playing in the five boroughs,” Kelly said
in a statement.
A
suspect is in custody after opening fire at a midnight screening of the Batman
film 'The Dark Knight Rises' in Aurora, Colorado, east of Denver. Fifty people
are wounded. Witnesses say the gunman released a noxious gas before opening
fire, making escape more difficult.
A lone 24-year-old
masked gunman entered a Colorado movie theater playing the new Batman movie and
opened fire early Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 50, according
to police and local media. The suspect, a white male, was found in the parking
lot and did not resist arrest, CNN said.
Witnesses described a chaotic scene, telling television reporters that they were overcome by noxious gas unleashed by the suspect just before he started shooting, and that they had to decide between staying on the ground, helping wounded victims or running away before the gunman was able to reload his weapon. Survivors said they were forced to run past bodies in the aisles and theater.
The gunman was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two handguns, police said. Cellphone videos show panicked moviegoers running some screaming and others with blood visible.
Witnesses described a chaotic scene, telling television reporters that they were overcome by noxious gas unleashed by the suspect just before he started shooting, and that they had to decide between staying on the ground, helping wounded victims or running away before the gunman was able to reload his weapon. Survivors said they were forced to run past bodies in the aisles and theater.
The gunman was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two handguns, police said. Cellphone videos show panicked moviegoers running some screaming and others with blood visible.
The death toll was revised downward from an
earlier figure of 14 dead given by police in Aurora, a suburb east of Denver.
Crowds of worried family members and friends were gathering at Denver-area hospitals, hoping to hear about their loved ones. According to images broadcast by local television, some held their heads down, and rocked back and forth as they sat on the sidewalk, as the sun rose.
Crowds of worried family members and friends were gathering at Denver-area hospitals, hoping to hear about their loved ones. According to images broadcast by local television, some held their heads down, and rocked back and forth as they sat on the sidewalk, as the sun rose.
The shooting came minutes after the 12:05 a.m.
premiere showing of the widely anticipated premiere of "The Dark Knight
Rises."
Eyewitnesses said the gunman entered the movie
theater through the emergency exit door near the front of the screen in theater
No. 9 at the Century 16 in Aurora. A witness, who declined to be identified,
told The Times that the gunman then "threw a canister across the
theater," unleashing gas, "then started shooting."
The witness said he saw a man two seats over
who was shot in the head. "I can't get his image out of my head," the
witness wrote in a message. The victim was wearing a shirt bearing the face of
the face of the Joker from the Batman series; after he was shot, he slumped
back in his chair, his face covered in blood.
Witnesses told Denver's NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV 9News, that
the tall, muscular gunman , wearing a riot helmet, gas mask and dressed all in
black, said nothing as he entered the theater. Initially, spectators thought he
was part of the show.
But witnesses described seeing him toss
two canisters to the ground, and once they exploded, spectators began ducking
or running out of the theater, an escape made difficult by the blinding gas.
"He looked so calm when he did it,"
a witness told 9News.
At one point, there was a pause in the
shooting, when the gunman appeared to reload his weapon, and some spectators
took that opportunity to flee, witnesses told the NBC affiliate. Witnesses
described scenes of gunshot victims scrambling to escape the theater.
The Denver TV station played police dispatch
audio of first-responders asking operators to ask for gas masks.
Some of the bullets pierced walls and traveled
into the adjacent theater, No. 8, and injured people, 9News reported. A
3-month-old baby was taken to the hospital, but was not wounded by gunfire,
9News reported, quoting a hospital spokesperson. The TV station reported that
the infant was checked and then released from the hospital.
"This is a horrific event," Aurora
police chief Daniel J. Oates told reporters during a news conference. There was
no evidence of a second gunman, Oates said.
The shooting came just after hundreds of
theater-goers had lined up for hours, eager to see "The Dark Knight
Rises," the third installment of director Christopher Nolan's Batman series.
Oates said 10 people were found dead in the
theater.
The suspect was found outside the theater
holding a rifle and a handgun, the TV station reported, quoting police.
9News reported that the suspect indicated to
police that his apartment building might have explosives, and authorities were
evacuating that structure and searching for possible explosives....,
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