• 12 dead, 59 wounded after shooting at Colorado movie theater
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[QUOTE][B]Batman cinema shooting: US mourning Aurora victims[/B] The US has begun mourning the 12 people killed and 59 wounded in a mass shooting at a midnight showing of the new Batman film, the Dark Knight Rises. US President Barack Obama ordered flags flown at half mast and said the day was "for prayer and reflection." A man wearing a gas mask and body armour threw tear gas canisters at movie-goers in Aurora, Colorado, then fired on the crowd, witnesses said. James Holmes, 24, was arrested outside the cinema near Denver, police said. He was said to be armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two pistols. All were bought legally within the last few months, US media reported. In New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who said he had been briefed on the case, said the suspect had dyed his hair red and told police after his arrest that he was the Joker, one of Batman's most famous opponents. "It clearly looks like a deranged individual," Mr Kelly said. Cinemas in New York tightened security at Batman showings following the attack, and the French premiere of the film in Paris was cancelled. Mr Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from a doctoral programme in neuroscience at the University of Colorado-Denver, a university spokeswoman told the Associated Press. Authorities have established no terrorism link, nor any motive. Mr Holmes had no criminal record in Aurora - his only encounter with police there was a traffic ticket. Mr Holmes' family said in a written statement: "Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved. We ask that the media respect our privacy during this difficult time." On Friday afternoon, police were still working to identify the dead, 10 of whose bodies still lay inside the cinema. One woman known to have been killed was Jessica Ghawi, also known as Jessica Redfield, an aspiring broadcaster and a prolific blogger. In June, Ms Ghawi, 24, narrowly missed being caught in a shooting rampage in Toronto, leaving the scene five minutes before a man opened fire at the Eaton Centre shopping mall. Special effects? After the shooting, police said that - acting on information from the suspect - they had discovered that his home in the north of Aurora had been booby-trapped. Incendiary devices with chemical elements and trip wires were in the flat, police said. "We have an active and difficult scene there," said Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates, who added it could be hours or days before the apartment was cleared. The attack began minutes into the showing at about 00:30 local time (06:30 GMT), when the gunman apparently entered the cinema through an emergency exit door near the front of the auditorium. The gunman wore a bullet-proof vest, tactical body armour and gloves, and was carrying an AR-15 military-style, semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and two pistols, police said. Survivors said they initially thought the gunman was somehow part of the show. The gunman, whom witnesses said had said nothing during the attack, threw two tear gas grenades then opened fire with a rifle. There was chaos as movie-goers fled, some dressed in costume as heroes and villains. Ten people were killed at the cinema and two others died later in hospital of their wounds. Scores of people, some in a critical condition, were taken to four hospitals. The casualties included a four-month-old baby, who was released from hospital after treatment, and a six-year-old child. 'Firing at random' One witness said the gunman had been "slowly making his way up the stairs and just firing - picking random people". At least one person in an adjacent auditorium was injured when a bullet went through the wall, police said. Another eyewitness, identified only as Pam, told the BBC: "He fired a canister into the air. It shot it right into the air, then I started to hear the bang, bang, bang of a gun. "I crawled my way through the row. Luckily the exit was close to where I was sitting so I got out pretty fast. I heard more shots as I left." Another eyewitness, Salina Jordan, 19, told the Denver Post she had seen one girl shot in the cheek, and a girl who appeared to be about nine years old with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Informed of the massacre at dawn, President Obama briefly addressed a campaign rally before returning to the White House to address the situation. "There are going to be other days for politics," he said. "This, I think, is a day for prayer and reflection."[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18935153"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18935153[/URL] [B]Police Radio:[/B] [url]http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=43[/url] [B]Live video:[/B] [url]http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx[/url]
Are there any online sources yet?
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;36850762]Are there any online sources yet?[/QUOTE] Yeah, forgot to add.
Dicks.
[URL]http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=43[/URL] police radio for the county of the shooting
Why is the thread tag humor?
Crazy shit
[QUOTE=kloaz;36850806]Why is the thread tag humor?[/QUOTE] Because a baddy leaked out of the movie.
Someone's obviously a marvel fan
Either a terrible shot or outright not wanting to actually kill anyone with 20 injured and no dead.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;36850890]Either a terrible shot or outright not wanting to actually kill anyone with 20 injured and no dead.[/QUOTE] I think fear is a factor in 20 being hurt.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;36850890]Either a terrible shot or outright not wanting to actually kill anyone with 20 injured and no dead.[/QUOTE] Other reports state between 10-12 dead and multiple injured.
ive heard 13 dead [editline]20th July 2012[/editline] police on the radio said that they were checking out a car that might have explosive material in it
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOA6Dtt0Tv4&feature=player_embedded[/media] put the vid in the op
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[QUOTE=Kopimi;36850923][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOA6Dtt0Tv4&feature=player_embedded[/media] put the vid in the op[/QUOTE] I would but it doesn't really add anything.
This is a horrible situation, but you have to wonder what's the motive behind the shooter.
That's horrible. I wonder if the shooters motives will come out, like why target people going to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises?
Local media say 10 people killed.
[QUOTE=stupid07er;36850957]That's horrible. I wonder if the shooters motives will come out, like why target people going to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises?[/QUOTE] at first i though (with the gasmask and armor thing) itd be a dude dressed up as bane to kill a bunch of people and get famous in a last hurrah or something but then again, he probably just targeted the dark knight premier because its a massive move premier and he wanted to kill as many people as possible
I just heard on the police radio that someone was looking for a pregnant woman. A little girl, about 9 apparently. Right after that, Im not sure if its the little girl, they said that a someone was shot in the head and the chest.
[QUOTE=stupid07er;36850957]That's horrible. I wonder if the shooters motives will come out, like why target people going to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises?[/QUOTE] Well, it's a very anticipated movie, so the shooter could have possibly targeted a showing of it for a chance to kill a high number of people.
this is fucking awful
12 dead reports [url]http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/365147/20120720/aurora-dark-knight-rises-batman-colorado-shooting.htm[/url]
I love how the shooter was an Indian immigrant (possibly a terrorist) but they don't even mention his illegal background.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;36851011]12 dead reports [url]http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/365147/20120720/aurora-dark-knight-rises-batman-colorado-shooting.htm[/url][/QUOTE] How is a UK paper reporting on this before the national stuff over here?
[QUOTE=stupid07er;36850957]That's horrible. I wonder if the shooters motives will come out, like why target people going to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises?[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07koWDo7-P0[/media] ?
fox reporting a dead baby
[QUOTE=Funky Pickle;36851001]Well, it's a very anticipated movie, so the shooter could have possibly targeted a showing of it for a chance to kill a high number of people.[/QUOTE] Would be the same tomorrow night at 7pm, or Saturday all day. To do it at the midnight showing, well I think that shows that there's something more to it than just kill as many people as possible. But who knows, someone planning to do that isn't thinking clearly anyway.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;36851020]How is a UK paper reporting on this before the national stuff over here?[/QUOTE] People jump the gun, not many people are reporting on 12 dead but the people that do get more attention. Another source [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492[/url]
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