At Least 12 People Dead, 50 Wounded At Late-Night Movie
Horrible: A shooting at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado early today has left at least 14 people dead and at least 50 people injured, authorities confirmed.
Police now have apprehended a suspect who has been described as an adult male and have recovered a gun after the shooting at approximately 12:30 a.m. CT at the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center in the Denver suburb.
Witnesses said that the man appeared at the front of the theater with a rifle, handgun and gas mask. Witnesses said that he then threw a canister that released some kind of gas, after which a hissing sound ensued. The gunman then opened fire on the crowd packed into the early morning screening of the film, according to people in the theater at the time.
Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims.
I don't even know what to say. There is such evil in the world.
These were just movie fans. The only thing they did "wrong" was to be at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. That's it. It could have been anybody.
It could have been any of us.
Hug your loved ones today, and tell them you love them.
ETA: The death toll has been revised downward to twelve. No less horrible.
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Police now have apprehended a suspect who has been described as an adult male and have recovered a gun after the shooting at approximately 12:30 a.m. CT at the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center in the Denver suburb.
Witnesses said that the man appeared at the front of the theater with a rifle, handgun and gas mask. Witnesses said that he then threw a canister that released some kind of gas, after which a hissing sound ensued. The gunman then opened fire on the crowd packed into the early morning screening of the film, according to people in the theater at the time.
Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims.
I don't even know what to say. There is such evil in the world.
These were just movie fans. The only thing they did "wrong" was to be at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. That's it. It could have been anybody.
It could have been any of us.
Hug your loved ones today, and tell them you love them.
ETA: The death toll has been revised downward to twelve. No less horrible.
This entry was originally posted at http://filkertom.dreamwidth.org/1541638.html. You may comment there or here, although LJ tends to have a livelier conversation at this time.