14 Dead, 50 Hurt In Mass Shooting Inside Aurora Movie Theater
 

14 Dead, 50 Hurt In Mass Shooting Inside Aurora Movie Theater

Well, this sucks. Lots of us know folks in that area.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...26/detail.html

"AURORA, Colo. -- An overnight shooting inside a movie theater near the Aurora Mall has killed 14 people and injured at least 50 others, according to police officers at the scene................. "

Damn unbelievable, what the hell is going on with people these days???

Incredible.

Prayers and well wishes to the victims and families...damn...

When I get to work I will know if anyone I know lost a loved one.

It's a shame that people take the lives of innocent people who mean no harm to others. Some of these I'm sure are teenagers and young adults being that Batman was being released this morning.

Geographically, that mall is a fairly short distance from Littleton, CO and Columbine HS - for such nice suburban areas - those areas sure have experienced more than their share of tragedies. Prayers out for families. I've been to both locations, albeit some time ago, damn.

James Holmes, 24, of North Aurora, was apprehended at the scene
 

Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 12 Dead

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shooti...2#.UAlLSXC7HJx

"A lone gunman burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," and opened fire, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50, police said.

James Holmes, 24, of North Aurora, was apprehended at the scene clad in a bullet-proof vest and riot helmet. ................"

Just does not appear to be enough sheepdogs left in America.

We need more citizens like Samuel Williams, 71, from Ocala. Remember the patron of the internet cafe that defended himself, and other innocents, against armed robbers.

IMO, it won't be long before the left politicizes this tragedy.

And what's a shame is that it is illegal in NC for a CCW to be carried into in a movie theater as you cannot carry due to having to pay to get in.

SUCKS!

Not a good day =( Thoughts and prayers go out to those whose lives have been forever changed because of a madman...

This senseless violence perpetrated on innocent people just makes my blood boil. :mad: I hope Mr. Holmes receives the death penalty for the lives he took. As a Christian, I am obliged to forgive him (easier for me to say as an observer), but may he be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Now, if someone in the theatre had been packing, this might have ended much quicker....:rolleyes:

My thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by this tragedy...

I would suspect THAT law is simply a guideline...:rolleyes:

The youngest victim was 3 months old. My God how sad. Prayers to these families and LEOs and other 1st responders that have this memory to deal with for the rest of their lives.

On another note - Sheeple, wake up! As long as you keep disarming the sheepdogs, the wolves will have open season.

Amen. That is exactly what these scumbags/terrorists like Mr. Holmes want...to go into a room full of innocent, unarmed people and open fire, knowing that they will likely cause a lot of death and suffering. They know they don't stand a chance against a heavily armed SWAT team or even regular Law Enforcement. Even someone who has a conceal and carry would jeopardize their plans...

This is incredibly sad,WTF is this country going?..........:( :( :(

Big Teddy :munchin

The news out here is saying witnesses saw a guy in the front row get up to answer a phone call just as the movie started and walked out the fire exit door at the side of the theater. The same door was used by the shooter to enter the theater. Witnesses thought it odd that the guy didn't go to the lobby. They aren't sure if the guy on the phone was the shooter.

Just plain stupid. What a tragic loss of life.

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How soon they forget...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCeqa...e_gdata_player

Hats off to the trauma teams I just heard that when the hospital had news of a second victim arriving, all staff/trauma teams were at the hospital within 15 minutes.

Also heard there is one victim still in surgery, and a second that may have to go back. This from the hospital spokesperson (not sure of name/position).

Prayers out.

Terrible, just aweful.

Thoughts out to all those affected.

Made commo check with my friend in the AO, early this morning...

Holly:(

He is a nut, mentally off...but it does seem our present society somehow 'enables' these fruitcakes to envision this type of scenario.
We've had nuts forever but the 'look at me/I'll show you' mass murder deal is fairly recent.

In our current society, instead of 72 virgins these nuts think that they get a date (or an MTV show) with "Snookie."

Fame and the quest for fame has polluted our society to such an extent - that it not lost on the mentally unstable.

This same quest for fame may drive our politicians and news agencies to make outlandish statements with respect to these murders.

<----- Checking in.

Crazy times out here. Yes, shades of Columbine. Lots of unarmed, inocent people gathered in a closed in area, supposidly safe.

Had comm with several of my friends involved last night (early this morning). Props out to them, but biggest props out to the Aurora 911 dispatch comm center. One of my friends who works there said it was absolutly crazy. Calls were just coming on, landline, cell phone, PD, FD and EMS nets. They did an awesome job trying to maintain some senmblence of order.

Aurora FD has released their audio from last night. .....

http://www.jems.com/video/news/audio...eater-shooting

Props out also to the ER staff at the three hospitals closest to the theater, Medical Center of Aurora (Aurora South), University Hsp, and Childern's Hsp. Pts arrived via ambulance, POV and PD. The last two just showed up, no advance call ins. They did an awesome job with their tirage of these Pts.

It's being reported that Mr. Holmes (the suspect) is a PhD student at CU Denver majoring in neuroscience. His apt is suppossedly "boobie-traped" with several explosive/chemical devices, so PD hasn't been able to gain access.

They have just released a pic of the suspect, James Holmes. (see below)
Wonder what it was to cause this guy to snap. He sure was mitotical in his actions(s), just as Harris and Kliebold were 13 years ago.

Again, crazy times and as I find out more from my friends, I'll pass it along.

Shawn

Nope, It's a written LAW! Now if I'm goiing to a convention where I pay to get in but it's not open to the general public I'm OK. They key is that if you have to pay to get in and it's open to the general public, in NC you cannot carry (CCW). :confused:

When has paying admission for entry ever been a constraint?

Plainly put....That law is stupid....IMHO

why is a shame is that Colorado has no such restriction and yet nobody was there to stop him

Let's not insult the mentally unstable...seriously, who gives a shit why he did it, right?:(

He should fry...peroid.:mad:

JMHO,

Holly

OK, I thought it was fairly obvious from the context - the mentally unstable who commit these types of crimes. No offense intended.

Moreover, the point, that I must have done a poor job of communicating, was that the quest for fame is not lost on that segment of society, either.

Finally, some do give a shit - if he was not mentally competent to lawfully own a firearm - the distinction between the healthy and medically diagnosed as unhealthy may sometimes be lost on those who would call for the blanket ban on lawfully carrying firearms.

Back to the regularly scheduled programming.

The suspected "lone-wolf" shooter of the Batman movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., earlier today has been identified as Ph.D. student James Holmes, who recently withdrew from his neuroscience studies at the University of Colorado before shooting up "The Dark Knight Rises" screening.

Holmes, 24, moved to Aurora to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado medical center, living just blocks from the hospital in an apartment that is now laced with explosives and being searched by HazMat teams.

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AR-15 and 2 pistols.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/aurora-colo...ry?id=16817842

What?, sir.

Holly

Was posting this your way of beating them to the punch?


LHC

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No not really, but they are fairly predictable.

Sorry for the repost.

Latest update ....

Holmes had 4 weapons with him. An AR-15, Remington 870 Shotgun and a Glock-40, (there was also another Glock-40 found in his car).

He entered the theater from the fire exit (back door, where his car was parked), set off two devices which emitted smoke and some sort of chemical agent. He then fired off the shotgun into the air, and then began to fire the AR-15 into the crowd. Unknown on how many rounds were fired or how many Holmes still had on him when he was apprehended. PD is not releasing this numbers.

He was wearing a ballistic helmet, ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, throat protector, as well as a gas mask.

PD is confident he acted alone.

There are confirmed 12 killed and 59 wounded, some still in critical condition.

Some rounds did pass through the wall into an adjoining theater, wounding people in that theater.

So are some of 'us'!