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Police arrest suspect, find 3 weapons inside theatre
A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theatre complex on the opening night of the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
The gunman, who is in custody, stood at the front of the theatre and fired into the crowd around 12:30 a.m. MT at a multiplex theatre in a mall in Aurora, a community of about 327,000 people about 16 kilometres east of downtown Denver.
"Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said at a news conference.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the suspect mentioned 'possible explosives' at his residence. Police, ambulances and emergency crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding the 911 switchboard, officials said.
Officers found the gunman near a car behind the theatre.
"A gas mask, rifle, handgun [and] at least one additional weapon [were] found inside," he said.
Initial statements from local police put the number of dead at 14, but that was later revised downward.
The suspect's name has not been released. Aurora Police spokesman Frank Fania told ABC's Good Morning America that the suspect is a male in his early 20s.
There was also no immediate word of any motive.
'We heard people screaming'
The suspect spoke of "possible explosives in his residence. We are dealing with that potential threat," Oates said, without providing details on where that was.
He said police also checked for explosives in the parking lot and at the Century 16 theatre and secured those areas.
Witness Hayden Miller told KUSA-TV that he was inside theatre 16 and heard several shots.
"Like little explosions going on and shortly after that we heard people screaming," he told the station.
Hayden said at first he thought it was part of a louder movie next door. But then he saw "people hunched over leaving [the] theatre."
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RIP to deceased, hopes for full recoveries to the wounded, and thoughts to all the families of those involved. These kind of things always leave me alittle speechless.
However, IF this f**ktard is "found guilty", atleast Colorado has the death penalty.
Police arrest suspect, find 3 weapons inside theatre
A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theatre complex on the opening night of the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
The gunman, who is in custody, stood at the front of the theatre and fired into the crowd around 12:30 a.m. MT at a multiplex theatre in a mall in Aurora, a community of about 327,000 people about 16 kilometres east of downtown Denver.
"Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said at a news conference.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the suspect mentioned 'possible explosives' at his residence. Police, ambulances and emergency crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding the 911 switchboard, officials said.
Officers found the gunman near a car behind the theatre.
"A gas mask, rifle, handgun [and] at least one additional weapon [were] found inside," he said.
Initial statements from local police put the number of dead at 14, but that was later revised downward.
The suspect's name has not been released. Aurora Police spokesman Frank Fania told ABC's Good Morning America that the suspect is a male in his early 20s.
There was also no immediate word of any motive.
'We heard people screaming'
The suspect spoke of "possible explosives in his residence. We are dealing with that potential threat," Oates said, without providing details on where that was.
He said police also checked for explosives in the parking lot and at the Century 16 theatre and secured those areas.
Witness Hayden Miller told KUSA-TV that he was inside theatre 16 and heard several shots.
"Like little explosions going on and shortly after that we heard people screaming," he told the station.
Hayden said at first he thought it was part of a louder movie next door. But then he saw "people hunched over leaving [the] theatre."
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RIP to deceased, hopes for full recoveries to the wounded, and thoughts to all the families of those involved. These kind of things always leave me alittle speechless.
However, IF this f**ktard is "found guilty", atleast Colorado has the death penalty.
-Badger
