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At least 12 people are dead and 38 were injured after a man opened fire on a crowd at a The Dark Knight Rises screening in Colorado early Friday morning, local police confirm.
According to various reports, at approximately 12:30 a.m. a man in a gas mask stood in front of a crowd during a screening of the film at a mall in Aurora and went on a shooting rampage. He allegedly set off a smoke bomb before opening fire.
Ten were reportedly killed at the scene, and the rest died at local hospitals, including a 6-year-old.
A man has been arrested in a parking lot behind the multiplex, police spokesman Frank Fania told reporters.
The suspect, who police did not immediately identify but is believed to be in his early 20s, was reportedly wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle, handgun and knife. Another gun was purportedly recovered at the theater.
"He did not resist. He did not put up a fight," Fania said.
Authorities also confirm that there was no evidence that a second gunman was involved.
According to various reports, at approximately 12:30 a.m. a man in a gas mask stood in front of a crowd during a screening of the film at a mall in Aurora and went on a shooting rampage. He allegedly set off a smoke bomb before opening fire.
Ten were reportedly killed at the scene, and the rest died at local hospitals, including a 6-year-old.
A man has been arrested in a parking lot behind the multiplex, police spokesman Frank Fania told reporters.
The suspect, who police did not immediately identify but is believed to be in his early 20s, was reportedly wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle, handgun and knife. Another gun was purportedly recovered at the theater.
"He did not resist. He did not put up a fight," Fania said.
Authorities also confirm that there was no evidence that a second gunman was involved.
The Dark Knight Rises Horror Gunman Kills 12 Injures 38 At Colorado Screening| E! Online
Fucking scumbags some people. That could have happened to anyone here going to a midnight viewing in the US. Fucked up.
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