07-20-2012, 09:54 AM
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'Dark Knight Rises' screening shooting in suburban Denver (12 dead, 38 wounded)
'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.
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