Mass shooting at Batman screening in Colorado

[Just Jim]

(CNN) -- A heavily armed gunman killed at least 14 people and wounded 50 more during an early Friday morning screening of the new Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado, theater, police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.

Police arrested a man believed to be the shooter 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.


Oates said there was no evidence of a second gunman, and FBI spokesman Jason Pack said it did not appear the incident was related to terrorism.

President Barack Obama issued a statement saying he and first lady Michelle Obama were "shocked and saddened" by the shooting and pledged the administration's support for victims of the shooting.

"As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one American family," it said.

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.

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.


Some people in the audience thought the thick smoke and gunfire was a special effect accompanying the movie, police and witnesses said.
"We just heard a pop, pop, pop, pop," said Quentin Caldwell, who was attending the Batman showing in an adjacent theater.

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 wounds to her back out of the theater, a witness said. "She wasn't moving."
Authorities also have evacuated the suspect's Aurora apartment building after "he made a statement about explosives" in his unit, Oates said.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents have searched the suspect's car and went to his home to search for explosives, agency spokesman Tom Mangan said. They also are conducting emergency traces on the weapons used to see how they were obtained, he 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.

Aurora, a Denver suburb, is about 13 miles from Littleton, Colorado -- site of the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
In that incident, two teenage students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, armed themselves with guns and bombs and opened fire inside the high school. They killed 13 people and wounding 23 others before killing themselves.

[Boboulas]

He just walks in and starts shooting...crazy.

[Mollo]

I'm sure some anti-gun bill will pop up in the very near future as a result of this.

[Juan_Carlos]

^probably

Heard about the guy having a rigged home also a while ago.

http://m.tmz.com/article_head.ftl?id=htt...apartment/

[Killuminati]

Terrorism.

[Raheem]

(07-20-2012 07:22 PM)Killuminati Wrote:  Terrorism.

That's what I said on the fan page of my local news channel... people went crazy on me hahahaha. Fuck em.

[High Nigga Pie]

Now they are just gonna call this dude crazy and not analyze how he got so crazy, how our society fostered and added to his insanity.

[psy0nyd3]

Fucking people man... I wonder what this asshole's beef was? Did he hate Bale, Nolan, or just Batman fans in general?

[wise_owl]

It's crazy how stuff like this always happens in Colorado. What the hell is in their water?
It's also crazy how he didn't get shot by cops when then they shoot people like 50 Times for pulling out a wallet or umbrella.


This is truely a dark knight.........to soon?

[Gezus]

No, he's white and he's not a Muslim. It isn't terrorism, get your facts straight guys.

But seriously actually it isn't terrorism. Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. As far as we know this guy just did because he is a fucking lunatic. We have yet to find out his reasoning for doing so.

This is just fucking insane. Colorado can not get a break with these big ass shootings man.

Any of you guys heard about that girl they talked about for a while that died in this shooting? She was at that Toronto shooting too. Link Crazy shit. Really sad, they said she was trying to(or did) create a charity fund for the people losing their houses to the fires.


@wise_owl: To soon for a joke? 3D to the max.

[Enzo]

meanwhile..

[psy0nyd3]

Dayumn that's such bad luck, I wonder what the odds are... Poor girl. Yeah fuck Colorado, is going on over there.