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14 dead, 50 wounded in shooting at Colorado theater, police chief says
CNN ^ | 20 July 2012 | Wire Staff

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aurora; aurorashooting; banglist; batmanshooting; jamesholmes; occupywallstreet; ows; ramadan; ramadan2012; ramadanmassacre
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1 posted on 07/20/2012 5:10:44 AM PDT by smokingfrog
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Theater turned into a shooting gallery. Not many details yet.

Stay safe out there.


2 posted on 07/20/2012 5:13:20 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Newscaster was saying it is now 15 dead, and had the chief of police on the phone - it ended up being a Howard Stern fan, and not the chief...


3 posted on 07/20/2012 5:16:58 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: smokingfrog

Dear God, what an awful thing to do!

Was the perpetrator shouting something like, “Allah akhbar!”??


4 posted on 07/20/2012 5:17:21 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: PghBaldy

Here is the news webcast http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx


5 posted on 07/20/2012 5:18:14 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: PghBaldy
"Gunman was dressed all in black..."

Black bloc...?

6 posted on 07/20/2012 5:20:10 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: PghBaldy

John Brennan notified POTUS.


7 posted on 07/20/2012 5:21:23 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: smokingfrog

What is it about Denver? Nice town, beautiful area- then Columbine and this sort of crap! Where’s this anger from, people?


8 posted on 07/20/2012 5:22:19 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I have no idea who did it, though there are reports it was an Indian male. whatever that means.


9 posted on 07/20/2012 5:22:49 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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Obama will used this to his advantage for sute


10 posted on 07/20/2012 5:23:47 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, Sadly Not the Presidency It Seems)
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To: Sybeck1

Yep....Cueing the anti-gun looney faction in 3...2...1....


11 posted on 07/20/2012 5:25:02 AM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: PghBaldy

I sorta hope it was a white guy so we can just kill him instead of having to apologize to him.


12 posted on 07/20/2012 5:25:21 AM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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Sorry for the spelling


13 posted on 07/20/2012 5:27:36 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, Sadly Not the Presidency It Seems)
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" Indian male. whatever that means."

A lot of people confuse Indians and Pakis.

~IF~ it's a Paki, then there's a high likelihood of it being a Mohammedan.
14 posted on 07/20/2012 5:28:36 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: JoeDetweiler

Nah - if it was a White man, they would have his picture splashed all over the tube already (bracketed by Romney clips.)


15 posted on 07/20/2012 5:30:40 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: PghBaldy

A Howard Stern fan?

What does that mean?


16 posted on 07/20/2012 5:30:47 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I have no idea who did it, though there are reports it was an Indian male.

Indian or Pakistani ?

US House bill seeks to designate Haqqani as a terror network

17 posted on 07/20/2012 5:31:43 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: shibumi

ain’t that the truth


18 posted on 07/20/2012 5:32:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: PghBaldy
Aurora, Colorado: Indian Male Suspect in Shooting Rampage at Dark Knight Rises Showing


19 posted on 07/20/2012 5:34:36 AM PDT by preacher (Communism has only killed 100 million people: Let's give it another chance!)
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To: shibumi

Today is the first day of ramadan,,, just FYI


20 posted on 07/20/2012 5:36:26 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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