July 20, 2012

Aurora theater gunman in black entered and opened fire

James Wilburn was sitting in the second row of Theater 9 after midnight, when the emergency door to his right opened and a man entered.

“He was dressed in black,” Wilburn said, “Wearing a flack jacket and a gas mask.”

The man was carrying a shotgun and had a rifle strapped to his back, Wilburn said. Then the man dropped a canister to the floor and a noxious gas spewed out. He raised the shotgun and repeatedly fired toward the back of the theater.

Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured. A 24-year-old suspect is in custody.

July 20, 2012
Unknown number of people shot, killed at Aurora, Colorado, movie theater
An unknown people were killed and many injured early Friday when shots rang out at an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie.
Sometime after 1 a.m., police received reports of gunshots at the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center.
No confirmed information is available on how many people were injured and whether there were any fatalities.
Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post.

Unknown number of people shot, killed at Aurora, Colorado, movie theater

An unknown people were killed and many injured early Friday when shots rang out at an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie.

Sometime after 1 a.m., police received reports of gunshots at the Century 16 Movie Theaters at the Aurora Town Center.

No confirmed information is available on how many people were injured and whether there were any fatalities.

Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post.

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