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Gunman kills twelve at theater in Aurora Colorado

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I was about to fall asleep..saw this thread now im woke as hell..its a damn shame the DKR is gonna be related to this incident forever..Im not sure if Ill even go see it yet now. Not sure if Ill enjoy it.
 

CREMSteve

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This is horrible. When I hear kids are victims, that just eats me up inside. I'd go hug my kids right now if they weren't sleeping soundly in their beds. :(
 

Nibel

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You know that the world is pretty much fucked up when people make pranks and jokes in such a situation. I live in Germany, and will probably never visit Denver; but I feel terrible for everybody involved. This is just so tragic and .. surreal. :(

Godammit.
 

LobLob

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I do wonder if people who do shit like call in and make howard stern jokes think back on things and ask themselves what the fuck they were thinking...

I would hazard a no on that. You have to be pretty goddamn sick to do shit like that, they have no sense of morals.
 

Hanmik

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My response to that is this:

Making sick jokes in this thread is going to get you banned, and banned hard.

not to be a downer.. but wasn´t that same "joke" made on page 3 first..?

And yes it´s tasteless...

that prank phone call... fuck that is sick..
 

LordAlu

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Hospital updates:
  • Swedish medical Centre in Denver: (3 patients) 1 male, age 20 and 1 female, age 29 in critical condition - 1 male, age 18 in fair condition.
  • Children's Hospital Colorado: 6 patients between ages 6-31
Another update:
  • Dr Stephen Wolf, from Denver Health, one of the hospitals receiving the wounded, says they have received eight patients with gunshot injuries, mostly to the trunk and the extremities.
 

jaxword

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-Another confirmation that there was never a second gunman.

-Also that the White House has been "informed". Probably make a statement of condolences/support later.
 
Sure, but even then I'd expect some sort of morals or logic to kick in.

These people are emotionally devoid, it's scary.

yeah, but it's that anonymity that's the drug. Think of how smug that person feels for doing that. There is no morality just vanity.

Hell, even I know that I am being hypocritical with my criticism and how events are unfolding and my reactions to them.
 
Unconfirmed reports from people at the apartment block that was evacuated saying the person who owns the place being searched is a man named Ruben Gutierrez.
 

EYEL1NER

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Well fuck. It's now 20 to 7 and I need to be up at 8.
If I am able to fall asleep, hopefully the rest of the wounded pull through while I am out.
 

Mindwipe

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This is horrible :-(

What pathetic excuse for a human being does things like this? I guess that he might have used people dressing up for the film to speak in the weapons more easily too :-(
 

LordAlu

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Another update:
  • Dr Stephen Wolf, from Denver Health, one of the hospitals receiving the wounded, says they have received eight patients with gunshot injuries, mostly to the trunk and the extremities.
Additional from Dr Wolf:
  • He tells the BBC World Service they had activated their mass casualty incident plan and had five teams of physicians ready when the injured arrived.
  • So far, he says, they have not seen anyone with inhalation injuries.
 
Gotta say, GAF has been absolutely golden during this. I've caught a few comments on YouTube and CNN and it's just vomit-inducing. Sometimes I take this place for granted, shit...

Yeah, when a quote from the movie is as bad as it gets, you know your forum has a nice community.
 

Mr. Sam

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I sincerely want to know (if it hasn't already been discovered) what was the motive behind this?

Likely won't be discovered for a time yet and is even more likely not to give you closure. It's likely some arbitrary reason that only a psychopath could understand.
 

canvee

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Man I hope someone tracks down that prank caller so he can be publicly shamed. People need to be held responsible for their actions, this is not the time to be seeking attention.
 

jaxword

Member
5 hours... damn.. a lot of speculation and missinformation will go down by then.. really hope Gaf can stay classy..

There's been a large amount of people panicking and spreading rumor in this thread alone. The Iranian flag, the phantom second shooter, the 15th death from Howard Stern, etc.

All we can do is wait now, there likely won't be any dramatic news until the police briefing unless you want updates from the hospitals. Even the news station is saying there likely won't be any more updates (outside of deaths) until 11.

There's at least one person in critical at the moment. :(
 
It'll be interesting to hear his crazy "reason" for doing this. I, like many others here have no clue why anyone would want to harm innocent people like this. Especially pregnant women and children.
 
The gunman was apprehended at his car and did not resist police at all. Seems weird as hell that he gave up peacefully and considering he was equipped to make a final stand.
 
There's been a large amount of people panicking and spreading rumor in this thread alone. The Iranian flag, the phantom second shooter, the 15th death from Howard Stern, etc.

All we can do is wait now, there likely won't be any dramatic news until the police briefing unless you want updates from the hospitals. Even the news station is saying there likely won't be any more updates (outside of deaths) until 11.

There's at least one person in critical at the moment. :(

Someone posted the gunman's name and age already is that source true?!
 

Reiko

Banned
I'll tell you one thing. The fun is over with midnight showings.

Movie security will be REALLY tight from now on.

Don't even think about sneaking extra food in.
 

Flunkie

Banned
Most likely yeah.

I just hope this doesnt inspire copycat crazies.

This is what I'm going to be fucking paranoid about now. I fear that some fucker teetering on the edge is going to see this and think it's a good idea. I pray that nothing like that happens, but that was my first thought in all this.
 
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