Man Opens Fire on Colorado Movie Theater
Friday, July 20th, 2012 -- 8:16 AM
-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 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.The youngest person injured was a three month old baby.
The gunman, identified as 24-year-old James Holmes and who is in custody, stood at the front of the theater and fired into the crowd about 12:30am 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.
FBI spokesman Jason Pack said there's no indication in the investigation so far of any connection to terrorism.
Police, ambulances and emergency crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding the 911 switchboard, officials said.
Officers came running in and telling people to leave the theater and some police were carrying and dragging bodies.
Officers later found the gunman near a car behind the theater.
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