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"Dark Knight" Screenings Theater Massacre, Colorado News
- Published_at:2012-07-21
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:backyrral
- tags: Colorado Theater Massacre, BatmanNoon_8285558.mp4
- description: NYPD Provides Extra Security At "Dark Knight" Screenings Following Colorado Theater Massacre. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says there is a higher NYPD presence at city theaters showing the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," after an alleged gunman killed 12 people and injured 59 others at a screening in Colorado early this morning. Kelly said the increased security at local movie theaters is to prevent copycat crimes and to ease moviegoers. "We are just concerned someone perhaps seeking notoriety will attempt to do something similar. I know that is the general public concern. We always hear that with a high-profile event happens," said the commissioner. Federal law enforcement officials say former medical student James Holmes, 24, allegedly entered and fired in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at about 12:30 a.m. local time. Holmes is in custody and dozens of FBI agents have joined the investigation. Investigators say Holmes was wearing a gas mask and body armor and was carrying a used assault rifle, a shotgun and a glock handgun during the attack. He had also painted his hair red to look more like Batman's arch rival the Joker. Before Holmes opened fire, he allegedly hurled a gas canister in the theater. Ten people died in the theater and two subsequently died from their injuries. The youngest wounded gunshot victims is only three months old, according to the Associated Press. The Pentagon told CNN that two Navy troops and two Air Force reservists were wounded in the shooting. Cellphone video posted on YouTube shows moviegoers running from the theater. The motive for the shooting is not clear, but the FBI said there is no indication the shooting is tied to any terrorist groups. Some in the audience believed it was a stunt that was part of the show. "We were watching a scene in the movie. It was a shootout scene. There were guns firing, and then loud bangs came from the right of the theater. Smoke took over the entire theater and everything, and it was really thick, and no one could really see anything. Me and my sister were sitting there wondering what was going on," said an eyewitness. "When we got out of the building, it was just chaos. You saw injured people. There was this one guy who was on all fours, crawling. There was this girl spitting up blood, there were bullet holes in some people's backs," said another eyewitness. Law enforcement officers later found the gunman near a car behind the theater. According to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, before the attack Holmes had painted his hair red and referred to himself as "The Joker," like the Batman villain. Officials say Holmes was a grad student at the University of Colorado studying neuroscience but was in the process of withdrawing from the program. He grew up in the San Diego area and there's no indication that he's tied to any terrorist group. FBI agents and police rushed to Holmes' apartment in suburban Denver, four miles from the theater, and it was discovered to have been booby-trapped. Police evacuated residents from five buildings as they worked to disarm the explosives. In his weekly radio show this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg put pressure on the presidential candidates to lay out their plans to end gun violence. The mayor said President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney need to start making decisions on how to combat gun violence across the country. "You know, soothing words are nice, but maybe it's time that the two people who want to be President of the United States stand up and tell us what they are going to do about it, because this is obviously a problem across the country. And everybody always says, 'Isn't it tragic,' and you know, we look for was the guy, as you said, maybe trying to recreate Batman. I mean, there are so many murders with guns every day, it's just got to stop," Bloomberg said. "This is a real problem. No matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely, not just in generalities -- specifically what are they going to do about guns?" Addressing a crowd in Fort Myers, FL, President Barack Obama said that the shooting was a reminder that "we are united as one American family." Obama said, "There are going to be other days for politics. This I think is a day for prayer and reflection," the crowd loudly cheered. The president then asked the crowd to contemplate the "acts of violence that plague our communities every single day." Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was in New Hampshire for a campaign speech, also set politics aside to offer his prayers and condolences for the families of the victims. "Ann and I join the President and First Lady and all Americans in offering our deepest condolences for those whose lives were shattered a in a few To see more click the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nShh5i8qjPs
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