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Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 12 Dead(James Holmes,24)
ABC NEWS ^ | 7/20/12 | CLAYTON SANDELL (@Clayton_Sandell) and KEVIN DOLAK

Posted on 07/20/2012 7:04:57 AM PDT by barmag25

A lone gunman burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," and opened fire, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50, police said.

James Holmes, 24, of North Aurora, was apprehended at the scene clad in a bullet-proof vest and riot helmet.

Witnesses said Holmes crashed into the movie theater from an emergency exit door at the front of the auditorium, setting off a smoke bomb and then shooting off dozens of rounds from multiple firearms, police told ABC News.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aurorashooting; banglist; batman; darkknight; jamesholmes; july20
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To: angcat

That’s got to be the only credible piece of information any one will get out of this for a while.... it was put out there quick as a flash too.


41 posted on 07/20/2012 7:58:34 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: fatnotlazy

I know that. Someone suggested he was Iranian or a foreigner. I just said the name “James Holmes” doesn’t sound foreign. My speculation is he is American military. We’ll see.


42 posted on 07/20/2012 8:00:06 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: SE Mom

Googled jamesholmes154 9gag right after I saw your post, and all I came up with was an identical post on Tiggerdroppings, now it’s all over the place. Need to see the Youtube video, but haven’t found a link yet


43 posted on 07/20/2012 8:00:46 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Costumes. Let’s see, the premise of the movie is that some nut job wearing some kind of mask over his nose and mouth wants to terrorize Gotham and take over the town. Sounds like this guys was acting out the part of the bad guy (you know, Romney) in the movie. Just a thought. But adverising for folks to come in costume gave this clown the cover he needed to do the job. Of course he epitomizes the domestic terrorist watch list/lone wolf bad guy. And of course nobody in the theater was carrying right? Do they have a no firearms policy at this complex?

Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.


44 posted on 07/20/2012 8:00:51 AM PDT by rktman
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To: Jack of all Trades

Yeah- I’m unable to find the original youtube posting either..but we’ll find out soon enough I’m sure.

When I see PTSD I think military- BUT I’m also thinking IF he is/was military the media would be ALL over it..


45 posted on 07/20/2012 8:06:00 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Reagan69

the suspect is James Holmes, who was born December 13, 1987.

A 24-year-old suspect was arrested in the parking lot of theater, police said. They have not officially identified the gunman.

He was found with four weapons in his possession NBC said. They were a rifle and a shotgun and two handguns, police said. The rifle was reportedly a semi-automatic ‘AK type.’

The suspect alluded to bombs at his house. Police are at that apartment at Paris Street and 17th Avenue in North Aurora and have evacuated the building and the nearby area.

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/james-holmes-idd-as-suspect-in-aurora-colorado-theater-dark-knight-rises-shooting-nbc-says#ixzz21APztCQg


46 posted on 07/20/2012 8:08:43 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: SE Mom

Well now that he is not Muslim, FR will attempt to sweep this under the rug


47 posted on 07/20/2012 8:08:53 AM PDT by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: SE Mom

I’m guessing it’s a 4chan troll blaming it on 9gag with a random id. I searched JamesHolmes154 and nothing.


48 posted on 07/20/2012 8:09:49 AM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: MadIsh32; All

That is correct..


49 posted on 07/20/2012 8:12:26 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS...)
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To: MadIsh32

“Well now that he is not Muslim, FR will attempt to sweep this under the rug”

MadIsh32, you’re right if you’re trying to say that the blame game is inevitable.

But you’re wrong in your implication that FR is hypocritical. FR stands for traditional American patriotism. The greatest threats to these principles are islamicism and cultural marxism. Both of these threats are the result of large numbers of people turning away from the one true God.


50 posted on 07/20/2012 8:13:38 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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To: struggle

Interesting. Either scrubbed almost immediately or as you said- some kind of troll.

Normally by now in this kind of incident we have the perp’s facebook page and all sorts of background info on him- so far all we know is his mom isn’t shocked and he got a traffic ticket in 2001. Odd.


51 posted on 07/20/2012 8:14:27 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: All

Pete Williams on NBC now reporting the suspect has NOT served in the military.


52 posted on 07/20/2012 8:19:06 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

How could he get a traffic ticket in 2001?

2012 = 24 years old
2001 = 13?


53 posted on 07/20/2012 8:43:01 AM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: barmag25

comments.
July 20...A Date When Unusual Things Happen
Self | July 19, 2012 | PJ-Comix

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:26:07 PM by PJ-Comix

In a few hours it will be July 20. I take note of this because I have noticed that the date of July 20 is a date in which some very unusual events have taken place.

July 20, 70 AD-—Siege of Jerusalem by the Romans.

July 20, 1944-—Operation Valkyrie. Assassination attempt on Hitler at his East Prussia HQ.

July 20, 1969-—Man lands on the Moon.

July 20, 1973-—Bruce Lee dies at age 32.

July 20, 1976-—Viking I lander lands on Mars.

July 20, 1993-—Vince Foster “commits suicide” in Ft. Marcy Park


54 posted on 07/20/2012 8:43:17 AM PDT by heylady (“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
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To: ilovesarah2012
Of course.
TSA and body scanners at the front entrance and never mind the fact that he came in through the back (fire) door.

That's about how those people think, along with their confidence in the efficacy of gun bans.

55 posted on 07/20/2012 8:43:42 AM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party of NO! Nobama, No Way, No How!)
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To: barmag25
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2908624/posts

Iranian immigrant named mohammad alam... so much for this james holmes BS.

LLS

56 posted on 07/20/2012 8:44:57 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: struggle

It was 2011 not 2001


57 posted on 07/20/2012 8:48:19 AM PDT by halo66
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To: struggle

Ooops- typo on my part...


58 posted on 07/20/2012 8:54:03 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: grobdriver

The reports of him “breaking” in the fire door perplex me. Fire doors open out from the theatre. Some one on another thread thought that some one had opened the fire door for him. I know rumors are flying but just things that make you go hmmm.


59 posted on 07/20/2012 9:03:04 AM PDT by heylady (“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
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To: justiceseeker93

Thanks for the ping!


60 posted on 07/20/2012 9:30:05 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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