In pics: Shooting during 'Dark Knight Rises' show in the US

Jul 20, 2012 17:52pm

A gunman opened fire early on Friday at a movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora (Colorado, USA), killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others.
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The shooting occurred during a showing of the latest Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises', police said.
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The gunman stood at the front of one of the Century 16 theaters at the Aurora Mall. "Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Oates said at a news conference.
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Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates talks to media at Aurora Mall.
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One suspect is in custody and there's no evidence of any additional shooters, Oates said.
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People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., at the scene of a mass shooting early Friday morning, July 20, 2012.
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An Aurora Police officer talks on his radio outside of the Century 16 theater at Aurora Mall.
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Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre where as many as 12 people were killed and many injured at a shooting during the showing of a movie at the in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012.
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Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre.
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An Aurora Police Department detective takes a witness statement following a shooting Friday morning July 20, 2012.
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A man reacts after arriving at Children's Hospital in Aurora, CO, Friday, July 20, 2012.
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Police gather near an apartment house where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012.
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A SWAT team officer stands watch near an apartment house where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012.
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This video image taken from ABC via AP video shows an aerial view of the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., where a gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater at a midnight opening of the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
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Judy Goos, second from left, hugs her daughters friend, Isaiah Bow, 20, while eye witnesses Emma Goos, 19, left, and Terrell Wallin, 20, right, gather outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning Friday, July 20, 2012 in Denver.
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Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interview by police outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning.
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Shamecca Davis hugs her son Isaiah Bow, who was an eye witness to the shooting, outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning Friday, July 20, 2012 in Denver.
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