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KEEP YOUR PUNS AND JOKES OUT OF THIS THREAD!!!!! You've been warned.

Edit: Suspect in custody. 12 confirmed dead.

 

[jaxword]

UPDATE JULY 26:

SHOOTER SENT OUT PLANS IN A PACKAGE:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/2...-suspect-laid-out-plans-in-package-mailed-to/

Possible motive:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holm...xam-university/story?id=16850268#.UBBgUand2sw


Hospitals waiving fees for once:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ting-victims/2012/07/25/gJQATNms9W_story.html



UPDATE JULY 25:

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/aurora-theater-colorado-shooting_n_1690093.html

CHRISTIAN BALE VISITS VICTIMS:

http://www.denverpost.com/theatersh...ian-bale-town-visiting-victims-shooting#724sf

Video
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/25/justice/colorado-theater-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


SHOOTER HOLMES NOT COOPERATING:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holm...ing-spit-guard/story?id=16844456#.UA9rJrTkCKU


UPDATES:
Big thanks to LordAlu and chitown and everyone else for their hard work. Remember this one positive interview so you don't get too depressed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cBDWrqEBA#t=7m05s

UPDATE JULY 22:

His court appearance is today. Although an actual trial will be months away, he has a court appearance today which could possibly shed some light on motive, although it's only an opening appearance and it usually just involves the prosecution deciding what punishment they want to seek and the defence looking to establish whether he is mentally competent for trial. It seems obvious he wanted to be caught, so it's possible we'll hear about his agenda or reasons at the initial appearance.

A full list with information about each victim here -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18941544.

Cnn coverage:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/

Press conference recording:

http://soundcloud.com/producermatthew/7pm-press-conference-on-aurora


The Shooter:

More pics:

http://imgur.com/a/Kvllm#0

About him:

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/226286792838623233

https://twitter.com/Oh_Fender/status/226308502686138368

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/...James-Holmes-Mother-You-Have-the-Right-Person

"You have the right guy" says his mother.

https://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/226393244295106560

NBC's Pete Williams reports: all of Holmes' guns were legally purchased within the last few months, with first one bought in May

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1-su...rother-sports-blogger-among-those-killed-colo

"A furniture mover who lives several blocks from the suspect's Aurora apartment building said he shared a beer with him Tuesday at a neighborhood bar where they talked about Denver Bronco Peyton Manning.

Jackie Mitchell said he recognized Holmes' photo on television as the guy he met at the bar. He described him as smart with a "swagger."

"We just talked about football. He had a backpack and geeky classes and seemed like a real intelligent guy and I figured he was one of the college students," he said.

There was no reference made to a planned shooting, Mitchell said."

Some bits of new-ish info in this article.

-Vicodin confirmation.
-Asked for a lawyer after tipping police about the booby trapped apartment.
-Unnamed source claims his rifle jammed.
-All three weapon types were fired according to more unnamed sources.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...ect-struggled-to-find-work-neighbor-says.html

Colorado shooting suspect struggled to find work, neighbor says


Current up-to-date information from UK sources (06:30 Denver time / 13:30 UK time):

• Suspect's name is James Holmes.
• Born December 13th 1987, 24 years old.
• 12 persons confirmed dead.
• 10 bodies still inside the theatre, 2 others died in hospital from their injuries.
• It's also confirmed one of the dead is TV reporter Jessica Ghawi. Her friend Natalie Tejeda, a traffic reporter in San Antonio, confirmed it on Twitter.
• 50 others injured.
• Police recovered a rifle and "at least 2 handguns".
• Tear gas was used during the attack, suspect was dressed in body armor and helmet/goggles.
• Suspect's car being searched for explosives.
• Suspect implied apartment in northern Aurora also contains explosives, and is being searched by FBI.
• Attack is the worst mass shooting in the US since 2007, when Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and himself on the Virginia Tech campus.
• Gateway High School is being used as a meeting location for family members seeking to reunite with loved ones.

Missing people:

If family or friends are looking for loved ones and can't get hold of them, the number to ring is 303-873-5292.

and from Frank Lansville at the Medical Centre, Colorado:

• Started receiving paitents at around 01:00.
• 15 patients, 12 with gunshot wounds and 3 with chemical related injuries.
• Bullet wounds appear to be from high-calibre weapon.
• Burned skin and eyes and respiratory problems from chemical injuries. All three have now been discharged.
• Seven have been admitted to the hospital, and four went for operations urgently.
• Those four are in critical condition at this point.
• No fatalities there.
• Two more operations are due.
• One other patient has been discharged.
• No-one younger than teenage at that hospital.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...olo-shooting/2012/07/20/gJQAFrTYyW_story.html

Defense Dept.: 2 airmen,1 sailor wounded and 1 sailor unaccounted for in Colorado shooting




Debunked rumors:

"The shooter had an Iranian flag" - A reddit troll that's been removed now.

"There was a second gunman" - Cops say there is no evidence of him, there never was.

"15th death due to Howard Stern" - Some troll who got on the air, this idiot:
https://twitter.com/captainjanks Audio :
http://chirb.it/xdxNNv

Gunman's name Gutierrez - False.

http://www.facebook.com/james.holmes.5437 - DON'T HARASS THIS GUY. This does not appear to be the right James Holmes as he does not match the description.



Media reactions:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/louie-gohmert-aurora-shootings_n_1689099.html

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs" and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.

(Apparently they apologized for this bad joke)

AMC Theaters: No one will be allowed in theaters in costume.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/potential_link_between_dark_knight_U2FrEmMtFl24PAC0MVKgnL

"Potential link between 'Dark Knight' film and theater massacre probed"

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-is-sending-officers-to-dark-knight-theaters/

"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has waged a national campaign for stricter gun laws, also discussed the shooting on Friday. In his weekly radio appearance, he called on President Obama and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, to more concretely address the issue of gun violence in their campaigns.

“You know, soothing words are nice,” Mr. Bloomberg said, “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.”"

https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmStage/posts/10151115894875917

Nolan: "Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of 'The Dark Knight Rises,' I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community. I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theater is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me. Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families."


Fox News Doctor:

Murder At The Movies: Batman Didn't do this.

By Dr. Keith Ablow

Many will theorize about the motives of the lone gunman who, wearing a bulletproof vest, carried two handguns and a rifle into a suburban Denver movie cinema and opened fire at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.

At least 12 people are dead and as many as 50 injured.

Some will, no doubt, claim that late-night showings of movies involving masked avengers and incorporating violence are to blame. Some will bemoan the playing out on screen of hyperbolic themes related to good and evil, claiming that these tides of meaning can sweep some people away and turn them into killers.

I don’t agree. Batman didn’t cause this shooting. The very real man who opened fire on moviegoers did. And while it is true that a darkened movie theater at midnight, showing a much-anticipated film to a packed audience, can attract someone intent on violence, football stadiums can, too. Restaurants can. Political events can. (Case in point: Gabby Giffords).
Having worked for a few decades as a forensic psychiatrist, evaluating many murderers, I have found that the roots of their violence always reach back to early chapters in their life histories and involve themes of feeling unloved or unwanted, or being overtly exposed to psychological or physical abuse, including bullying. These factors, along with the psychiatric disorders they spawn (including substance dependence), can crush a person’s empathy—“freeing” him or her to commit horrific acts.

Just think about recent shootings that have plagued our nation. They have occurred on college campuses, in the workplace, at a grocery store and, now, at a movie theater. The places change. The core psychological dynamics fueling the carnage do not.

While media can indeed accelerate and accentuate the chasm between emotion and behavior, short-circuiting empathy, the Dark Knight trilogy is, I believe, far less toxic than local television news, which demands that viewers focus first on death or destruction, then shifts instantly to sports and the weather. The same is true for newspapers that carry news of economic calamity, along with comic strips and horoscopes. That sort of emotional whiplash, which suggests that nothing tragic is really a tragedy, that the funnies or a spectacular catch are just a moment away, and just as important as a child being kidnapped by a predator, truly has a better chance of further eroding the emotional stability of a psychologically unstable person.

Censorship would do exactly nothing to prevent violence. It might, in fact, increase violence as people feel more controlled and less free to speak their minds and manifest their imaginations.
No, this is a new story that will remind us of old agendas. We must be more vigilant to notice those among us who are descending into darkness—not because they say they like Batman, but because they tell us or show us that they are contemplating turning the darkness inside them inside out, transmuting their sense of having been destroyed, into the destruction of others.
Whoever killed and wounded dozens of people just after midnight on July 20, 2012, will be someone who has hinted more than once at his potential for violence and who has known emotional or physical violence very well, for a very long time.

Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team.



Hospital Information:

• Children's: 6 patients, between ages of 6 and 31.
• Sweedish: 4 patients, including 2 males and a female.
• Denver: 6 patients.
• Parker: 2 patients.
• University: 20 patients, including 3-month old.
• Aurora: 15 patients. 12 being treated for gunshot wounds, 3 for chemical exposure. Some are in critical condition.

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.

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.

Hospital update:

More from the Sweden medical centre:

• Currently has three patients, and another who has been discharged.
• A 29 year old male in critical condition.
• A 20 year old female, also in critical condition.
• An 18 year old male in fair condition, with a gunshot wound.
• A 19 year old female was treated and released, she had a shrapnel injury.

OK. Here's a live update on conditions of certian victims.

From University of Colorado Hospital.

Verifying Children's Hospital email that another victim has died. They had 6 people, from good to critical. At that time of release, it was accurate. At 0811 local, someone had died. Information still incoming.

23 people are at University Hospital.

NUmber of people going to hospital is rising, due to chemical exposure.

9 people at University in critical condition.

Aurora: 4 in critical

Swedish 2 in critical.

At University, abdomen, chest and shrapnel wounds. Most have been in hours of surgery.

One person at DGH has been upgraded from critical to fair.

Victim Update:

Children's Hospital - 6 year old, other victims from 18 - 31. Someone has died. No ID.

DGH - All 6 in fair condition.

University - 23 people admitted. 9 in critical.

Witness Accounts:

A gamefaqs mod who was there:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/63467294

If you can't read that, here's an image:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9400/holycrapraptor.png




Quote:

Paul Otermat crawled out of the cinema with his girlfriend.

"Me and my girlfriend were sitting on the left-hand side of the entrance and front right was an emergency exit and a man walked through there.

"He came in wearing a black jacket. I thought it was some sort of publicity stunt for a second but then he threw tear gas over the crowd directly behind where we were. Then he started firing shots to the crowd.

"My girlfriend and I ducked down and immediately dragged ourselves out of the theatre to a point where we were sure we were out.

"We ran through the lobby and heard more shots and we ran out into he parking lot and drove off. By the time we were leaving the cops were already on the scene, like six cops before we got completely out, just flying in.

"It was just really like, as traumatic as it was it was incredibly weird. There were children at that show. It was really crazy.

"He just walked in pretty casually, threw the tear gas, then he just started firing. After the first shot lit up the room we dived to the floor. We waited until there was a lull in the firing and crawled our way out of there.

"I thought it was a shotgun at first, others through it was a rifle, we really don’t know. All we saw was the flash of light and the guy walking.

"We only saw the one guy. As soon as the shots started, we didn’t stick around. Our people just dropped to the floor and a lot of people made a mad dash to the exit."

Quote:

Alex Molano told Denver's 9 News how he saw a police officer carrying a little girl who wasn't moving.

"I don’t want to upset anyone by anything I say but I don’t think anyone should be kept in the dark by what happened. I spoke to a young woman who was in theatre Nine and what she described sounded like madness.

"She described how a man six feet tall kicked through the door wearing a riot helmet and a bullet proof vest and he was completely covered in black and wearing goggles.

"She saw he had a shotgun and her and her boyfriend dropped to the floor and started to crawl to get away. They got up and went through the emergency exit, she turned around and saw the man slowly making his way up the stairs and just firing at people, just picking random people.

"I saw four, maybe five people wounded who were limping and slightly bloody. I saw a girl covered in blood but didn’t have any wounds on here. It made me think the worst.

"I honestly don’t know whose little girl it was, but a cop came walking through the front door holding a little girl in his arms and she wasn’t moving.

"I’d heard another witness in my theatre, she was on the phone and the really messed up part for me was that she said she saw bullet holes in the little girl’s back.

"I honestly can’t think of any person who would intentionally hurt a little girl so it makes me think she got caught in the crossfire."

Quote:

James Cameron saw a mother holding a little girl who had been shot in the back.

"By the sound of it, it sounded like there could have been three or four people in the shooting. There were definitely multiple calibres going off.

"There was a child struck, a little baby girl was struck in her back and that was something that’s going to stay with me for the rest of my life. You can never prepare yourself for seeing a mother holding her child. That’s the one thing that sticks in my mind.

"I’m outside the hospital now, people are walking in here and the waiting room is full. It’s crazy, I’m still feeling the effects of that gas. It’s horrible, it’s like something out of a sci-fi movie.

"It was crazy; it was like law enforcement just fell out of the sky. One minute I’m helping my friend, the next I’m yelling for help and then there was police everywhere, they responded unbelievably."

Quote:

Male witness: 'I thought it was part of the movie'.

"At first I thought it was part of the movie and that the speakers were extremely loud. Then I saw the smoke behind me and it didn’t seem right

"I heard loud noises and popping, first you think it’s part of the movie then you look behind and, ‘that’s just not part of the movie’.

"People started rushing out and the cops were telling us to move down the stars. As I got out to the parking lot I didn’t think it was that bad. I thought it was serious, but then you see injured people coming out the theatre."

From Jordan Ghawi (brother of Jessica Ghawi/Redfield):

Witness tried to keep door closed on Colorado gunman :

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2012/jul/20/witness-tried-keep-door-closed-colo-gunman/

Colorado shooting: Mother describes fleeing with her kids

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/...rado-shooting-mother-20120720,0,7292877.story

Car was parked in the back.

Local news webcasts:

http://kdvr.com/
http://www.9news.com/

http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx

CBS news webcast:

http://www.wnem.com/category/221141/cbs-news-live-video?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass

Police scanner:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=43

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaP5FyPvwaM
Interview with survivors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOA6Dtt0Tv4&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7sIiqq66rk

Dispatch scanner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYRetvmaY4g


Facebook discussion:

https://www.facebook.com/KS1075/posts/10151026881604146

CNN police transcripts:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/20/911-tape-i-need-somebody-to-shut-this-movie-off/?hpt=hp_t1

White House's release:

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Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado. Federal and local law enforcement are still responding, and my Administration will do everything that we can to support the people of Aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time. We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuring the safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded. As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one American family. All of us must have the people of Aurora in our thoughts and prayers as they confront the loss of family, friends, and neighbors, and we must stand together with them in the challenging hours and days to come.

Quotes from President Obama:

"We may never know what leads anybody to terrorise their fellow human beings like this - such violence, such evil is senseless."

"We will bring whoever is responsible for this heinous crime to justice."

"There are going to be other days for politics. This is a day for prayer and reflection."

-------

No Bane jokes, dudes. The death toll will probably rise as the day goes on. Looks like it was a lone gunman after all.

This is probably going to reach Columbine levels of national notoriety.


And reminder of that one positive statement to end on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cBDWrqEBA#t=7m05s

 

[KidA Seven]

Bomb dog is on the scene.


Aurora police radio

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=43

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Wow. TDKR screening? Fucked up if true. Hope everyone is okay.

 

[el retorno]

Is this a DKR screening? Its 2 am over there. So it'd just be getting out.
Hope everyone is alright.

 

[siddhu33]

Holy crap...
This is not going to be good.

 

[blackflag]

They just said at least 20 transported to hospital. Don't know if there is dead.

 

[Wallach]

What theater, have you heard? Or an intersection, street address?

 

[slider]

FFS. Hoping for the best.

 

[Jackson]

From FB

At least one shooter maybe two. Used explosive device/ tear gas, unknown as of yet. Confirmed 10 dead, over 30 injured. Searching the mall next to the theater for suspect(s). Possible secondary explosive device in the parking lot. Very fluid situation, does not look like there will be any quick resolution.

This is horrible.

 

[blackflag]

What theater, have you heard? Or an intersection, street address?

Can't remember what they've said. At or near a mall. Sweeping Dillard's parking lot.

 

[Magnus]

Twelve killed? God damn it.

 

[bzm]

sounds like aurora

 

[goomba]

:'(

I hope this isn't as bad as it sounds.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Wow, that's fucked up. Listening to the broadcast now.

 

[mysticwhip]

woah, damn hope it isn't too bad.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Holy shit that is horrible. Do we know any GAFers in that area that might have been there?

 

[Previous]

NBC News link

 

[el retorno]

12 dead

Sad, people just wanted to watch a great movie.

 

[Bornstellar]

Holy crap.

 

[slaughterking]

12 dead already.

 

[hateradio]

Wow. That's horrible. A bomb and a shooting or just a shooting?

 

[Corky]

omg :S horrible

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Wow. That's horrible. A bomb and a shooting or just a shooting?

If its both then it is very horrifying. Whatever it is, it's a very horrific situation.

 

[CrushDance]

I was honestly afraid of this happening along with the Olympics. Damn.

 

[Timan]

This is awful

I know its early so its prob not, but is there any video coverage yet?

 

[XMonkey]

What a nightmare.

 

[Doctor West]

No words. This is so awful.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Why would someone do something like this? What would motivate you to do something this horrible to a group of innocent people who just wanted to have a good time?

And no corny The Dark Knight references, please. This is too grave an issue.

 

[maquiladora]

WTF is wrong with people?
Jesus...

 

[Esiquio]

Absolutely terrible. Media is going to have a field day with this. Can't even imagine the grief of the families, so sad. Just so disgusting and unnecessary...

Why would someone do something like this? What would motivate you to do something this horrible to a group of innocent people who just wanted to have a good time?

And no corny The Dark Knight references, please. This is too grave an issue.

It's already started. Saw one on the police scanner link :\

 

[goomba]

Why would someone do something like this? What would motivate you to do something this horrible to a group of innocent people who just wanted to have a good time?

And no corny The Dark Knight references, please. This is too grave an issue.

Im glad noone on gaf has jumped to any conclusions about why or who did this.

It's amazing gaf gets news like this b4 anywhere else.

 

[jaxword]

This is awful

I know its early so its prob not, but is there any video coverage yet?

That's kind of morbid, man...but if you want to search, it was at the Aurora Mall.

 

[Cheesemeister]

NBC News link

Google Maps link

=(

 

[victreeb3l]

what a fucking tragedy. my god, what...damn

 

[blackflag]

Wow. That's horrible. A bomb and a shooting or just a shooting?

It's not clear I don't think but I keep hearing that they are looking for an Indian male and they also have someone in custody I believe.

 

[Leonsito]

That radio is live?

 

[hateradio]

That's kind of morbid, man...but if you want to search, it was at the Aurora Mall.

I think he or she means news coverage.

 

[CrushDance]

Why would someone do something like this? What would motivate you to do something this horrible to a group of innocent people who just wanted to have a good time?

And no corny The Dark Knight references, please. This is too grave an issue.

Any venue with lots of people makes for a good target for these psychopaths. The more they can hurt, the better.

 

[el retorno]

Here is a google map links to follow the locations on the scanner

http://maps.google.es/maps?q=Town+C...43485&near=Aurora,+CO,+United+States&t=h&z=16

 

[xbhaskarx]

Who targets a movie theater, I assume some Columbine wannabes who are into Batman comics and whatnot, not Al Qaeda types.

 

[Vermillion]

Fucking why?

 

[Tess3ract]

12 dead and 20 injured, the fuck??

 

[golem]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/3...an-colorado-shooting.htm#.UAkRaJt2rUc.twitter

An Indian male is the main suspect according to police, who is searching the local mall.

? Native american?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Please don't be an Al Qaeda wannabe.

 

[el retorno]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/3...an-colorado-shooting.htm#.UAkRaJt2rUc.twitter



? Native american?

They mentioned an Indian male on the Scanner. As in from India.

 

[Matrix]

what the fuck

 

[Horse Detective]

Oh, they have his car.

 

[blackflag]

They are searching suspects vehicle right now

 

[DMczaf]

What the fucking fuck?