Posted on 07/20/2012 5:10:28 AM PDT by smokingfrog
At least 14 people were killed and 50 were wounded when a gunman opened fire during an early Friday morning screening of the new Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado, theater, Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.
The man suspected of opening fire on the crowded theater was taken into custody, Oates said.
The heavily armed suspect, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was apprehended by police in a parking lot at the theater, Frank Fania, a police spokesman told CNN. The identity of the suspect has not immediately been released.
"We do no have evidence of a second gunman," Oates 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.
The shooting incident occurred during the showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century Aurora 16 theater, police and witnesses said.
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GMA just mentioned something like “investigate if he was involved in the tea party”.
What the hell!!!
Yeah, when I heard he was white, I figured the TEA Party would be mentioned.
I was right about the 22yo angry white boy, well, off 2 years.
Angry white guy with muslim friends about to convert to islam, made his sacrifice right after midnight, the minute Ramadan started.
For the last three days I’ve been pondering Iran’s claim that they have 50,000 martyrs in the US waiting for orders to attack. Wonder if this was one.
Has that actually been confirmed, via a news source? Do you have a link?
Ah, you’re one of those lucky ones. That stuff puts me on my ass in a flat second.
Good point about the billowing time factor. Of course, if he didn’t start shooting until it was billowing, then that would make it that much harder to respond. Regardless, that’s not a place you’d want to be even if there wasn’t a shooter.
If law abiding citizens could conceal carry, a number of people would have returned fire at the outset.
Those are steel doors in a steel frame. Tough to kick in. I doubt he planned this all carefully and just assumed he would be able to kick the door in.
Did you see this reported or is it just speculation?
Speculation.
One witness close to that door stated he kicked it in. Perhaps he had visited previously and weakened the door frame. Cannot figure out what the guy had against Batman. Basically a comic book character in my mind. They had to cancel the premier in Paris and the actors are all in hiding. Drudge has a bunch of links up now.
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