Shooting at TDKR Midnight Premiere in Aurora, CO. Multiple dead.

[Priest31kc]

At least 10 moviegoers were killed and 39 injured at a cinema in the Colorado city of Aurora in the Denver suburbs. They were attending a midnight showing of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.

The theater was packed with a lot of people, many of them young fans, at the time the shooting started, 9news reports. The violence erupted some 15 minutes after the movie started, witnesses said.

Some say that when they first heard the shooting, they thought it was some new type of special effect.

Local media reports that two gunmen were involved in the rampage. An explosive device was set off during the shooting, injuring several people.

Witnesses said the gunmen were probably wearing body armor and gas masks and used some kind of a tear gas bomb in the attack.

Some reports say police have apprehended one of the assailants while the second one is still at large.

Police have cleared people from the scene over fears that another explosive device might be on the premises.

Aurora medical services were alerted to attend to the large number of injured

http://www.rt.com/news/shooting-dark...er-aurora-654/

WOW

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Why does anybody who isn't law enforcement need to be allowed to have this type of firepower? This story really pisses me off. Also he apparently had an accomplice? That person needs to be caught asap so they can be tortured together. First thing, cut off their penises.

I think they use similar rounds that are used in hunting (...might be wrong on that one); so at that point it's just like a semi-auto hunting rifle.

he could've easily gone in with an MP5 and used 9mm rounds.

But, I understand your point.

[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by topher79

Yes, because everyone being strapped is the solution to gun violence.

Yeah reerun like I said everyone should be armed. No I simply said if I had the choice I would've rather been armed.

[DaFace]

I know it's just one of the many victims, but the Altitude reporter (with the twitter account linked above) is being talked about a ton around here. Here's a blog about her from my favorite Avs beat writer if anyone's interested.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2012...jessica/11158/

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I think they use similar rounds that are used in hunting (...might be wrong on that one); so at that point it's just like a semi-auto hunting rifle.

You're not wrong.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

This is speculation.

I thought somewhere in here someone said a person inside the theater went to the door to let him in? Unless that was the guy himself?

Also this guy had obviously been planning this for quite some time considering the state of his apartment. He will not get any type of leniency at all because of that nor should he. I would love for any one that is a family member of a victim be allowed to torture him in any way they wish while he is strapped to a chair.

[Dayze]

can't wait for the other guy to be caught, tried, please insanity or some other BS; go to prison, and file appeal after appeal to delay his execution.

In instances like this where the guilt is overwhelming, tons of witnesses, and the trial is a formality…why don't they just go out to the back of the courthouse or local firing range and smoke him. Wonder how many tax dollars are wasted keeping this POS alive until his execution.

[L.A. Chieffan]

sick ****.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I thought somewhere in here someone said a person inside the theater went to the door to let him in? Unless that was the guy himself?

Also this guy had obviously been planning this for quite some time considering the state of his apartment. He will not get any type of leniency at all because of that nor should he. I would love for any one that is a family member of a victim be allowed to torture him in any way they wish while he is strapped to a chair.

The assumption now is that he went down to the exit at the front that spills out into an alley/parking behind the theater. Exited and propped the door open. Armed himself out of his car, which was parked at that exit, then entered back into the theater to start the rampage.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I thought somewhere in here someone said a person inside the theater went to the door to let him in? Unless that was the guy himself?

Sounds true. In my old theater, the doors couldn't be opened from the inside. Employees had to prop the emergency exit doors open when using the halls. If the door closed, they had to radio someone to open them or walk their asses all the way around.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by NewChief

The assumption now is that he went down to the exit at the front that spills out into an alley/parking behind the theater. Exited and propped the door open. Armed himself out of his car, which was parked at that exit, then entered back into the theater to start the rampage.

Yup. I haven't heard anything at all about any suspected accomplice.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Yup. I haven't heard anything at all about any suspected accomplice.

The initial report in the OP mentions multiple gunmen, but that's since been changed.

[L.A. Chieffan]

is it safe to go anywhere without some psycho pulling out a gat?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by NewChief

The assumption now is that he went down to the exit at the front that spills out into an alley/parking behind the theater. Exited and propped the door open. Armed himself out of his car, which was parked at that exit, then entered back into the theater to start the rampage.

Thanks. I don't know about anyone else but I'm glad I didn't buy any advance tickets because I won't likely be seeing this movie this weekend.

[topher79]

Originally Posted by LOCOChief

Yeah reerun like I said everyone should be armed. No I simply said if I had the choice I would've rather been armed.

reerun?? Nice rebuttal.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by NewChief

The assumption now is that he went down to the exit at the front that spills out into an alley/parking behind the theater. Exited and propped the door open. Armed himself out of his car, which was parked at that exit, then entered back into the theater to start the rampage.

If that's true, then we should have people reporting that the door was propped open. The lights from the exit halls would be pretty obvious in a dark theater, even if it's only slightly open.