Denver: Twelve people were shot to death and
at least 38 wounded in a shooting at a movie theater in a suburb of Denver, Police
in the U.S. state of Colorado have reportedly said.
Amateur Video of
Shooting Aftermath
About 50 others including children
were hurt in the attack on the showing of The Dark Knight Rises in a mall in
the Aurora suburb, some of whom were treated for the effects of tear gas, officials
said.
Authorities say the midnight premier
of "The Dark Knight Rises", the latest Batman movie, had just
begun Friday at the Century 16 theater in the city of Aurora, when a masked man
at the front of the theater faced the packed crowd, threw a tear gas canister
and started randomly shooting. Witnesses said he fatally shot an infant
at point-blank range.
Dozens of police
were at the scene, and the authorities soon evacuated the area while they
checked for any explosive devices.
Police say they arrested the shooter a short time later in the parking lot
outside the theater, and recovered a rifle, a handgun and a gas mask. A second
gun was found in the theater.