Shootings in Colorado

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Colorado theatre shooting leaves 14 dead, 50 wounded

Gunman opens fire during screening of new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises

The Associated Press
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 4:37 AM ET
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2012 5:58 AM ET


A gunman opened fire early Friday at a movie theatre in a Denver suburb, killing 14 people and leaving at least 50 others injured, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said.

The shooting occurred during a showing of the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, police said.
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The violence erupted about 12:30 a.m. MT as the gunman stood at the front of one of the Century 16 theatres at the Aurora Mall.

"Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Oates said at a news conference.

One suspect is in custody and there's no evidence of any additional shooters, Oates said.

There was no immediate word of any motive.

Witness Hayden Miller told KUSA-TV that he was inside Theater 16 and heard several shots.

"Like little explosions going on and shortly after that we heard people screaming," he told the station.

Hayden said at first he thought it was part of a louder movie next door. But then he saw "people hunched over leaving [the] theatre."

Aurora is located on the southeast outskirts of Denver, about 16 kilometres from downtown.