12 killed , 59 injured in shooting in American Cinema

12 killed , 59 injured in shooting in American Cinema


Police in the state of Colorado said 12 people
 killed and at least 59 were injured in a shooting at an Aurora movie theater in the suburbs Denver.ewas , 59 injured in shooting in American Cinema

Authorities say the premiere of the latest Batman movie " The Dark Knight Rises , " has just started on Friday at the Century 16 theater in the city of Aurora , when a masked man , dressed all in black and wearing bulletproof vests stand in front of and facing the audience that filled the theaters . They say he threw a tear gas canister and started shooting randomly .

Police said they immediately catch the shooter was in the cinema parking lot , and found a rifle , a pistol , and a gas mask .

A few hours after the incident unfolding in the pitch-black theater , police said they found the shooter 's apartment filled with explosives . They evacuated the residents of the apartment building .

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect 's name was James Holmes , 24- year -old American citizen who recently DO of study neuroscience at a nearby university . They say there is no indication that the shooting was linked to a terrorist group .

U.S. President Barack Obama to shorten the election campaign in Florida , urging Americans to support the victims of the massacre. He said " such violence , such an inhumane atrocity " and that Americans " very sad. "

Obama said it was difficult to understand the mass shooting . He said , " We will never be able to understand what causes people to terrorize fellow human being like this . "

Obama's Republican challenger , Mitt Romney , also stopped campaigning . He called the incident a " senseless violence " and said the hearts of many people " crushed with grief from this senseless tragedy . "

Cinema " The Century 16 " in Aurora , Colorado ( Photo : dock ) . Inside this building opened fire on a crowd of masked premiere of the latest Batman movie played midnight . At least 12 people were confirmed dead in the incident early Friday morning ( 20/7 ) was .

Cinema " The Century 16 " in Aurora , Colorado ( Photo : dock ) . Inside this building opened fire on a crowd of masked premiere of the latest Batman movie played midnight . At least 12 people were confirmed dead in the incident early Friday morning ( 20/7 ) was .

The attack in the movie theater was the worst mass shooting in America since 2009 when an Army officer killed 13 soldiers and civilians at a military base in Texas .

Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates told a news conference police believe only one person is involved , contrary to initial reports that there may be another culprit .

The police chief said the suspects told investigators that some explosives in his apartment in North Aurora , and police later found the apartment full of explosives and flammable . The five occupants in nearby buildings were evacuated while authorities attempt to secure a dangerous location .

" The suspect is now on hold , making a statement about possible explosives at his residence . At this time , North Aurora - in an apartment building - which has been our evacuation and we now follow up as a potentially contains explosives . We are also concerned about explosives in the parking lot , so we closed the park . We have deployed bomb squad to all the region , "said Daniel Oates .

One of those who participated in the cinema watching it , Jaime Marshall , tells the chaotic scene moments after the shooting, and said he saw a girl whose legs were injured by bullets .

" So we climbed the stairs and look towards the wall on the side of the theater where we were heard by us all kinds of sounds , and visible bullet holes and that's when we started screaming that our friends go out alone . We went up the stairs and we look to police in the lobby and there were already there .

 A police officer while carrying gas masks and their big guns with hand gestures , sent immediately through the theater lobby as quickly as possible , and we ran down the stairs , out of the theater . When we walked out , I saw a little girl bullet wounds in his legs , "the narrative of Jaime Marshall .