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(CNN) — At least 14 people were killed and 50 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 heavily armed suspect, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was apprehended by police in a rear parking lot of the theater, Frank Fania, a police spokesman, told CNN. The suspect was not immediately identified, though Fania said he was believed to be in his early 20s.
“He did not resist. He did not put up a fight,” Fania said. Police seized a rifle and a handgun from the suspect, and another gun was found in the theater, he said. Read more
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From BBC
About 50 people have been injured in the incident at the cinema complex in the suburb of Aurora.
Witnesses say a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.
A 24-year-old man was arrested in a car park nearby in possession of a rifle and handgun. He told police that explosives were stored at his home.
Police chief Dan Oates told reporters that an apartment block in the north of Aurora had been evacuated as a consequence of that information.
More weapons may have been left in the cinema, he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492
From USA Today
AURORA, Colo. (AP) – A gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver theater at the opening of the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
By Karl Gehring, AP
People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., at the scene of a mass shooting early Friday morning.
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By Karl Gehring, AP
People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., at the scene of a mass shooting early Friday morning.
Sponsored LinksThe gunman, who is in custody, stood at the front of the theater and fired into the crowd about 12:30 a.m. MT at a multiplex theater in a mall in Aurora.
“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.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-07-20/shooting-movie-theater-denver/56351098/1?loc=interstitialskip
Story about one of the victim who died in the shooting. She wrote in her blog how she survived the Eaton Center shooting and is lucky to be alive.
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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/21/friend-made-heroic-attempt-to-save-aspiring-sportscaster-after-gunman-opened-fire-in-aurora-theatre/