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14 dead, 50 wounded in shooting at Colorado theater, police chief says
CNN ^ | 20 July 2012 | Wire Staff

Posted on 07/20/2012 5:10:28 AM PDT by smokingfrog

At least 14 people were killed and 50 were wounded when a gunman opened fire during an early Friday morning screening of the new Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado, theater, Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.

The man suspected of opening fire on the crowded theater was taken into custody, Oates said.

The heavily armed suspect, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was apprehended by police in a parking lot at the theater, Frank Fania, a police spokesman told CNN. The identity of the suspect has not immediately been released.

"We do no have evidence of a second gunman," Oates said.

Of the wounded, at least 20 were being treated at the University of Colorado Hospital, said spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery. All of the wounded suffered from gunshot wounds, which ranged from minor to critical, she said.

"They're arriving by police, by ambulance. Some are walking in," she said.

The shooting incident occurred during the showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century Aurora 16 theater, police and witnesses said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aurora; aurorashooting; banglist; batmanshooting; jamesholmes; occupywallstreet; ows; ramadan; ramadan2012; ramadanmassacre
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To: smokingfrog

Damn workplace violence.


21 posted on 07/20/2012 5:37:15 AM PDT by YourAdHere (racist (noun): An individual who is found to be winning an argument with a liberal.)
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To: smokingfrog

If it does turn out to be a Paki (or other Mohammedan) terrorist, they’ll handle it just like Major Hassan and couch the thing in every sort of social psycho-babble argument you can think of.

And if he’s not here legally, they’ll attribute this to stress he endured over having to get a photo ID card.


22 posted on 07/20/2012 5:37:34 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: preacher

“Gunshot victims being tested for chemical exposure,” as per live news feed. WTF...?


23 posted on 07/20/2012 5:39:19 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: DesertRhino

Ramadan?

I guess I’m just so much of a jingoistic, narrow-minded racist Euro-centric Judeo-Christian that I forgot to mark it on my social calendar.


24 posted on 07/20/2012 5:40:17 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: PghBaldy

The news wouldnt use the term Indian if they meant native American indian. Likely going to be a Pakistani or India type guy.
Also, this whole dressed in battle gear, throwing bombs, in tactical gear has a Mumbai feel more than it does a Pine Ridge feel.


25 posted on 07/20/2012 5:41:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Tear gas. He deployed two canisters. Police could not enter #9 theater because of the gas. They demanded gas masks right away on the radio. Suspect apparently kicked in a door which was probably at the back of the theater near the screen. From eyewitness reports.
26 posted on 07/20/2012 5:42:39 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: DesertRhino

“Shooter’s car (in parking lot of theater) had explosives in it,” as per live news feed.


27 posted on 07/20/2012 5:42:48 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: catfish1957
Also Obama will go counsel the people, he will soothe with eloquent speeches according to the drive bye media. It is Obama's moment to be a stateman.
28 posted on 07/20/2012 5:43:46 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, Sadly Not the Presidency It Seems)
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To: shibumi

You and me both,,id love to con you that im THAT wired in, but i just read it and confirmed the date on google.


29 posted on 07/20/2012 5:44:09 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: justa-hairyape
Thanks. I was thinking something really awful, like (maybe) Ricin gas, God forbid...
30 posted on 07/20/2012 5:44:49 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: JoeDetweiler
I sorta hope it was a white guy so we can just kill him instead of having to apologize to him.

Thanks for the unfortunate and poignant reminder of how screwed up our current politically correct society is getting. It is hard to tolerate.
31 posted on 07/20/2012 5:46:33 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: smokingfrog
A Howard Stern fan?

What does that mean?

Congenital idiocy.

32 posted on 07/20/2012 5:46:46 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: DesertRhino

This is horrible. Anger is starting to become a real problem.


33 posted on 07/20/2012 5:47:40 AM PDT by gortklattu (God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
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To: smokingfrog

Howard Stern fans often make prank calls to news organizations, especially at times like this when talking heads are hungry for a scoop.


34 posted on 07/20/2012 5:48:26 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
“Gunshot victims being tested for chemical exposure,” as per live news feed. WTF...?

Got a link for that live feed? or is it on TV?
35 posted on 07/20/2012 5:48:39 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: justa-hairyape
Haqqani Network

The Haqqani Network is an insurgent group fighting against US-led NATO forces and the government of Afghanistan. Originating in Afghanistan during the mid-1970s, it was nurtured by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan.[4] Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin Haqqani lead the group, which operates on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; but U.S. officials believe it is based in Pakistan's Waziristan tribal frontier.[5] It is allied with the Taliban.[6][7][1]

According to US military commanders it is "the most resilient enemy network" and one of the biggest threats to the U.S.-led NATO forces and the Afghan government in the current war in Afghanistan.[8][9] In October 2011, U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton indicated that American officials had held a meeting with the representatives of the group during the previous summer.[10]

36 posted on 07/20/2012 5:49:04 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: smokingfrog

The very first “comment” on the article in the Denver Post, thanked the NRA, and as you might imagine it was not a complementary thanks.

This typical pre election massacre will give rise to a nationwide emotional appeal to disarm ourselves, applying of course to the “law abiding” only.


37 posted on 07/20/2012 5:49:18 AM PDT by wita
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To: ZX12R

Post #5.


38 posted on 07/20/2012 5:49:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: DesertRhino

I’m more likely to like you better if you’re *NOT* acutely aware of such things.

(Unless, of course, it’s your job to know so you can protect us.)

When will somebody in the news point out the obvious tragedy in all this? ~NO ONE~ in the theater (as far as we know) was packing and returned fire.

Waiting for somebody in the media to decry the lack of firepower in the crowd.........

Still waiting .....

Turning blue ........


39 posted on 07/20/2012 5:49:46 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

Amen to that.


40 posted on 07/20/2012 5:52:29 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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