*MASSACRE* Gunman Opens Fire On ''Dark Knight Rises'' Audience Leaving 12 Dead And At Least 50 Injured (VIDEOS)
Twelve people were killed and at least 50 others wounded early Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight screening of the summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises" near Denver, authorities and witnesses said.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters that 10 people died at the scene and four others died after being taken to local hospitals. At least 50 other people were injured, Oates said, including a six-year-old girl.
Witnesses said tear gas also went off in the theater.
A 24-year-old male suspect was apprehended in the shopping center's parking lot, Oates said.
The incident occurred in the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center, police told NBC News. Aurora is a suburb less than 10 miles east of downtown Denver.
NBC station KUSA-Denver cited a witness as seeing a black-clad 6-foot-tall man wearing a riot helmet, goggles and bullet-proof vest.
However, many people attended the film dressed in Batman-related costumes.
Witnesses said the gunman entered the theater through an emergency exit door.
The suspect was found in possession of a gas mask, Oates said. Ammunition was found in the suspect's car, police said.
Citing officials, NBC News' Pete Williams reported that the shooter had three weapons -- a rifle and two handguns. The suspect's car has Tennessee plates but authorities believe he was living locally.
Oates said there was no evidence of additional suspects.
The suspect's apartment building in north Aurora was evacuated after the suspect made a statement to police about possible explosives at his home, Oates said.
Police raiding the theater in the hunt for the suspect had to ask for gas masks.
"Get us some damn gas masks for theater 9, we can't get in it," one officer radioed back to emergency dispatch during the operation, according to an excerpt aired on KUSA.
Witnesses told reporters that gunfire erupted during a shootout scene in the film.
Brenda Stuart, of 850 KOA radio, told Sky News that "a lot of people thought the gunshots were part of the movie."
One young man told KUSA that he was out front of the theater with friends when the shooting broke out.
"Next thing you know you hear 'boom' like tear gas, a bomb. ... Then you hear gunshots go off, like a fully automatic weapon. There were like 50-60 gunshots. I was just worried about getting out of there."
Another eyewitness stated he "saw at least four, maybe five people limping, slightly wounded. ... I saw one girl covered in blood.
"I don't know whose little girl that was, but my heart goes out to them. ... A cop came walking through the front door ... holding a little girl in his arms and she wasn't moving, she wasn't moving." Full Story
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Friends And Families Of Victims Gather At Hospital
People Fleeing The Theater
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Comment by 1THUG aka PROJECK KEEM!! on July 20, 2012 at 10:00am -
at cleefor you dead on negga THA DEVIL IS OUT HERE MAJOR!!...tha devil is a mutha fuggin liar...you gotta be real carefull these days...errywhere you go, you betta be ready and stay ready!!
i keeps tha attitude adjuster wit me at all time!!
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Comment by THE RAW ZONE (Palmin Ur Mom A**) on July 20, 2012 at 9:59am -
If I was was I could of saved them all .
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Comment by TH3MA$TAHM!ND on July 20, 2012 at 9:50am -
despite the tragedies, the events that has tooken place will now promote "The Dark Knight Rises"
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Comment by bksoldier74 on July 20, 2012 at 9:47am -
a n**** needs to b very careful these days to many s*** happening in this country the devil is outhere haunting.
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Comment by Mookie on July 20, 2012 at 9:19am -
Damn I guess this world will always sickos that do things with no motive
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Comment by Ahh Boosh on July 20, 2012 at 9:08am -
WOW some people are f***** soo sick in the head man its not even funny! all those innocent people lost their lives going to a movie premiere by some scum bag! my prayers go out to all of them and their families!
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Comment by Anco on July 20, 2012 at 9:05am -
Sounds like dude was dressed up like Bane. Weird s***.
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Comment by 1THUG aka PROJECK KEEM!! on July 20, 2012 at 9:04am
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DAMM... 50 got shot again!! neggaz say 50 injured...betta pray for dat negga....he juss got over tha matt truck injury!!
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Comment by nelo on July 20, 2012 at 8:55am
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I'm goin to see batman dark knight rises in the hood. Just to be on the safe side
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