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FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - NY Police Commissioner said gunman told police he was The Joker
- Shooter James Holmes, 24, dropped out from neuroscience PhD at University of Colorado in June
- Holmes bought a movie ticket, entered with crowd and put on ballistic gear
- Set off smoke bomb then fired indiscriminately with as many as four guns
- 58 injured and 12 dead, including aspiring sportscaster Jessica Ghawi
- Shooter listened to one techno song on repeat before shooting
- Holmes arrested nearby and warned apartment was booby-trapped
- Killer had arsenal of 6,000 rounds which he bought at local shops and online
- President Obama and film director Christopher Nolan paid tribute to victims
By
Jill Reilly, Lydia Warren, Hugo Gye and Daniel Bates In Aurora, Colorado
03:39 EST, 20 July 2012
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00:05 EST, 21 July 2012
Police are investigating an account
on a sex cruising website which appears to have been set up by James
Holmes, the grad school dropout who allegedly killed 12 people at a screening of the new Batman film on Thursday night.
The
AdultFriendFinder page, which belongs to a 24-year-old user calling
himself ‘ClassicJimbo’, features pictures of a man who looks like Holmes
with dyed red hair.
He says he is looking for ‘casual sex’ or a ‘fling’ – and writes, ‘Will you visit me in prison?’
Holmes was equipped with an ‘arsenal’ of more than 6,000 rounds which could have slaughtered thousands when he allegedly killed or injured 70 cinemagoers, according to the police chief in Aurora, Colorado.
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Profile: This image is said to depict James
Holmes, who allegedly launched an attack on a cinema during a screening
of The Dark Knight Rises and claimed to be ‘The Joker’, played by Heath
Ledger (right)
Investigation: Police are looking into the profile to find out if it is indeed Holmes and whether it can shed any light on his alleged crimes on Thursday night
Profile: The user ‘ClassicJimbo’ says he is single and looking for ‘a fling or casual sex’
While there are a couple of minor
discrepancies in the AdultFriendFinder account, including a birth date and height which
are slightly different to those reported by officials, it is convincing
enough to have attracted the attention of police, according to Mediaite.
The man’s red hair fits with the statement by NYPD boss Ray Kelly that the gunman had dyed his hair before the cinema attack.
The
user, who admits to not being well-endowed, writes: ‘Looking for a fling or casual sex gal. Am a nice guy.
Well, as nice enough of a guy who does these sort of shenanigans.’
Under ‘Education’, he writes, ‘Some grad school’ – which would fit with an identification of him as PhD dropout Holmes.
‘ClassicJimbo’ created his account on July 5, and last accessed it on Tuesday.
‘Killer’: James Holmes, left, burst into a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado and fired indiscriminately at audience members at the new Batman film. Police said he appeared to be dressed as the Joker, right
Trail of blood: A line of blood leads from the emergency exit of the cinema, from where James Holmes launched his killing spree, and past the suspect’s car
Gruesome: An ATF agent examines the grisly scene left outside the movie theater where Holmes allegedly opened fire on dozens of unarmed spectators
Arsenal: The gas mask and assault rifle left at the cinema by James Holmes after the shootings
Holmes, 24, had painted his hair red
and said he was The Joker – Batman’s arch nemesis – before he tossed a
gas canister into the late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises and
began firing, according to New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
‘It clearly looks like a deranged individual,’ Kelly said of the shooter at a news conference, CBS reported. ‘He had his hair painted red. He said he was “The Joker”, obviously the enemy of Batman.’
A
neighbour also reported that police, who were searching Holmes’s
apartment for explosives, asked him if he had seen ‘a white guy with
crazy hair, possibly dyed unnatural colors’, the Denver Post said.
It
has also emerged that Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 and injuring
58 after buying a ticket to the film, had been studying at the
University of Colorado’s medical campus until June this year.
On Friday night, well over 1,000 people joined vigils at nearby churches and outside the theatre itself to commemorate the victims of the shooting.
The three victims who had been named by the end of the night were Jessica Ghawi, AJ Boik and Alex Sullivan.
Discarded: Investigators look over evidence on ground outside the back door of the movie theatre. The gunman had been wearing head-to-toe ballistic gear
Vigil: Mourners weep at a prayer meeting outside the massacre site on Friday evening
Victim: Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring TV presenter,
was one of the 12 people shot dead in the massacre. She was tweeting
about her excitement at seeing the film until moments before her death
Death: AJ Boik was reported to be another victim of the murderous rampage inflicted on a Colorado cinema
Birthday: Alex Sullivan turned 27 on Friday, and celebrated with a trip to the movies which ended with his death
Distraught: A woman uses a cell phone as she sits on the steps at Gateway High School near the scene in Aurora, Colorado
Holmes’s firepower included 3,000 rounds of ammunition for his A-15 assault rifle including a 100 drum magazine which could have fired a staggering 60 rounds a minute.
Chillingly, he bought it all over the internet with no apparent checks to see if he was stockpiling.
The full scale of his planning was revealed by Aurora police chief Dan Oates in an emotional press conference in which he almost broke down in tears and vowed to ensure Holmes went to jail.
He said: ‘The most important thing is that there is justice for these victims, and that justice will occur in a courtroom’.
Chief Oates said that Holmes had stocked up in just 60 days before going on his killing spree.
He said: ‘He purchased four guns at local gun shops and through the Internet he purchased over 6,000 rounds of ammunition, more than 3,000 rounds of 223 ammunition for the assault rifle, 3,000 rounds of 40 caliber ammunition for the two glocks in his possession, 300 rounds for the 12 gauge shotgun.
‘Also through the internet he purchased multiple magazines for the 223 caliber assault rifle including one 100 round drum magazine which was recovered from the scene.’
‘Even if it was semi-automatic I’m told by experts that with that drum magazine he could have got off 50 to 60 rounds within a minute. As far as we know it was a pretty rapid pace of fire in the theatre.
‘My understanding is that all the weapons he possessed he possessed legally and all the clips that he possessed he possessed legally and all the ammunition he possessed, he possessed legally.’
A source familiar with the investigation told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s insane that he was able to buy all this stuff so easily and legally.
‘He had an arsenal and nobody stopped him. With Columbine on everyone’s minds it makes you wonder how much has really changed’.
Emotion: Aurora police chief Daniel Oates was visibly moved when asked how the attack affected him
Towed: Holmes’s car being removed from the scene of the shooting on Friday evening
Evidence: The car was impounded by officials after being abandoned in the parking lot of the theatre
When asked how the investigation had affected him personally, Mr Oates nearly broke down in tears and had to pause to compose himself.
He said: ‘Our cops went through a lot. They rushed people out of that theatre into police cars… I’ve heard some compelling stories…
‘One of the things we’re working on is how we are going to deal with our own trauma. Somehow in the next couple of days, when this has slowed down, one of our highest priorities is to deal with our own officers’.
Chief Oates said that last of the bodies were removed from the movie theatre around 5pm on Friday.
Overnight he expected to draw up a final list of those who had died and that he would speak to their families to ‘begin the agonising process of meeting with those families and confirming what has happened to their loved ones’.
He has already met 70 relatives who have not been able to account for their loved ones and he said the police ‘did the best we could to deal with their grief and anguish’.
Turning to Holmes’s apartment, Mr Oates said: ‘It is a very vexing problem how to enter that apartment safely. Personally I’ve never seen anything like what the pictures show us is in there. I see an awful lot of wires, trip wires, jars full of ammunition, jars full of liquid, things that look like mortar rounds. We have a lot of challenges to get in their safely.
Paranoia about Batman screenings has now spread across the U.S. and Mr Oates said that he had received calls from ‘colleagues around the country’ asking for advice about what to do and whether to put extra security outside cinemas.
Holmes is now in the Arapahoe County jail and will be arraigned on Monday at the Arapahoe District County Court in Centennial, Co.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 6.30pm at the Aurora Municipal Center.
Recluse: Holmes went to high school in San Diego, where his parents still live; he is pictured right in his 2005 high school yearbook
Weapons of choice: He had a Colt AR-15 Tactical Carbine and .40 caliber glock handgun (file pictures)
Power: He also had a Remington 870 Marine Magnum (pictured) with him, and another glock in his car
Neighbours at university housing
in Denver described Holmes as a recluse who kept himself to himself. One
student said: ‘No one knew him. No one.’
Holmes
– who had been working towards his PhD for a year before dropping out –
had one techno song blaring from his stereo in the hours before the
massacre and left the music on repeat in his booby-trapped apartment as
he departed to commit the massacre.
He was also reportedly addicted to videogame Guitar Hero.
His shocked mother confirmed that he was behind the massacre, telling reporters: ‘You’ve got the right man.’
A federal law enforcement official told
the Associated Press that Holmes, who some sources said was on Vicodin
at the time of the attack, had bought a ticket to the midnight
showing and went in to the screen as part of the crowd.
He then propped open an exit door as the movie played and put on donned protective a ballistic helmet, vest, throat protector, gas mask, black tactical gloves.
Witnesses
said he threw a smoke grenade and waited for it to explode before
opening random fire with an AR-15 assault rifle, a Remmington 12-gauge
shotgun and a 40-caliber Glock handgun. He also had another 40-caliber Glock in his car, police said.
He moved up the cinema aisle shooting anyone who tried to flee.
Twelve
people died in the horrific attack. The youngest victim is believed
to be just 12.
Dozens of harrowing stories have emerged from the shooting.
One of the people
fleeing described how he tried to shut the door on
the suspected gunman.
Twenty-three-year-old
Eric Hunter says he and his friends made their way to an exit door after
seeing smoke and hearing shots during the movie.
Source: Holmes is believed to have bought guns from this hunting and fishing store in Denver
Purchase: This outdoors store in Aurora is another place where Holmes is thought to have been a customer
When they opened the door, Hunter says they saw two teenage girls – one of whom had been shot in the mouth.
Hunter says he was about to close the door when he saw the shooter, dressed in a bullet-proof vest and a gas mask, approaching. He held the door closed and the gunman banged on it for about 10 seconds
Afraid that the shooter would start firing through the door, Hunter says he let it go and managed to get out of the theater.
Another couple described how they had been planning to sit by the emergency exit where Holmes entered.
But in a last minute twist of fate Jamie Rohrs and Patricia Legarreta opted instead for a second-floor balcony seat with their four-year-old daughter and four month-old son and saw Holmes burst into the theater.
Rohr – who had been holding their four-month-old child – jumped over the balcony and fled after putting the infant down. But the boy was spotted by Legarreta who grabbed him and their daughter and fled.
‘I threw my daughter on the floor,’ she said. ‘I just remember thinking my fiance has my son.’
Ms Legaretta suffered shrapnel wounds to her leg but she managed to grab her daughter and four-month-old son.
Heartbreak: Mr Sullivan embraces family members outside Gateway High School after searching for his son
Family: Media gather outside the San Diego home of Holmes’ parents who said their son is the shooter
Scores of injured victims are now
fighting for their lives; the youngest is just three months old, and is
believed to have been shot at blank point range in the back.
The U.S. Department of Defense says three
members of the U.S. Armed Forces were wounded in a movie theater
shooting in Colorado and one is unaccounted for.
Holmes
was arrested in the cinema parking lot where he did not put up any
resistance. He told police he had explosives at his North Aurora home,
and they closed off the apartment to search.
In an address today, President Obama said he was ‘heartbroken’ to hear of the ‘heinous’ crime.
‘Such
violence, such evil is senseless. It’s beyond reason,’ he said. ‘But
while we never fully know what causes someone to take the life of
another, we do know what makes life worth living.
‘What
matters, at the end of the day, is not the small things, the trivial
things that so often consume us in our daily lives. Ultimately, it’s how
we choose to treat one another, how we love one another.’
He added that if anything can be taken away from the tragedy, ‘it reminds us that life is very fragile’.
Christopher Nolan, director of the Batman trilogy, added to the tributes, saying that by targeting a movie theatre the shooter had destroyed an ‘innocent and hopeful place’.
‘I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community,’ Mr Nolan said in a statement. ‘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 theatre 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.’
Mourning: President Obama led a moment of silence for the victims from Florida on Friday morning
An eyewitness video showed a man (left) in a striped shirt leaving the cinema in a daze with blood on his clothing, while other people stood around in confusion, unsure of the horror which had unfolded
Vehicle: A white Hyundai car with belongings around it believed to belong to suspected gunman
Comfort: Friends gather for a prayer near the theatre where James Holmes allegedly opened fire
Witnesses at the movie theatre said the man
burst through the emergency exit at the front of the auditorium 30 minutes into the screening.
He began firing into the terrified audience with four guns as he made
his way up the stairs, picking his victims at random.
‘Witnesses tell us he released some
sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and
the gunman opened fire,’ Mr Oates said at a news conference.
The incident at the Century 16 cinema complex began at 00:30 local time – 30 minutes into the start of the screening.
The preview trailers had just
finished when a gas canister was thrown across in front of the screen
and exploded in the auditorium.
Horror: People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado at the scene of a mass shooting – a masked gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded 50 others
Grief: A man cries at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora. The youngest victim is believed to be three months
Questions: Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates talks outside the mall after the alleged gunman was arrested
Torment: Amanda Medek, centre, weeps outside the cinema as she searches for her missing sister Micayla
Missing: Micayla Medek was one of the people unaccounted for after the massacre early on Friday
WAS DEADLY SHOOTING INSPIRED BY BATMAN COMIC BOOK?
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The Dark Knight cinema massacre may have been inspired by a
Batman comic book strip, it emerged on Friday.
The bloodbath is a chilling copycat of a 25-year-old
Batman comic strip which features a deranged gunman opening fire in a cinema.
In the second issue of The Dark Knight Returns, written by
Frank Miller – the creative mind behind Sin City and 300 – gunman Arnold Crimp
opens fire in a pornographic theatre, killing three people, after listening to
Led Zepplin’s classic track ‘Stairway to Heaven.’
Text from the page reads: ‘Arnold Crimp fingers the
cold steel thing in his pocket and stares at the movie marquee and does not
throw up.
‘He thinks about Led Zeppelin and how they are trying
to kill him.
‘He had not known about Led Zeppelin until Father Don
on TV had explained it last night.
‘Father Don said that Led Zeppelin hid a prayer to
Satan in their song Stairway to Heaven.
‘They hid it very well. They recorded it backwards.
‘Arnold Crimp took the album from the record store
where he worked until they fired him this afternoon and transferred Stairway to Heaven to tape.
‘Then he played the tape backwards. He played it
forty-seven times until he was absolutely certain that Father Don was
right.’
Crimp then walks into a cinema, which is screening a
pornographic film called My Sweet Satan, and opens fire.
Holmes motives behind the massacre are unknown, but if he
was a fan of the Batman comics, then he may well have read the issue featuring
Crimp’s killing-spree.
The comic itself is still in print, and on Friday it
was available in several Waterstones’ book shops, priced £12.99.
A witness told CNN: ‘We heard anywhere
from 10 to 20 shots and little explosions going on. Shortly after that
we heard people screaming.
‘Then
they came on PA system and said everyone needed to get out. As soon as
we got out, there were people running around and screaming.’
‘He looked so calm when he did it,’ another witness said. ‘It was like scary. He waited for both the bombs to
explode before he did anything.
‘Then, after both of them exploded, he
began to shoot. He had no specific target. He just started letting loose.’
Witnesses said that the shooting was so brutal that bullets went through the walls into the next theatre, where one person was hit.
Police received the first emergency call at 00.39 a.m. local time.
Police, ambulances and emergency
crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding in to
authorities, officials said.
Cell
phone video taken at the cinema by a witness showed crowds of people
screaming and fleeing the building, with some with blood on their
clothes.
One witness reported seeing a police
officer carrying a girl who looked to be nine with gunshot wound to her
back. ‘She wasn’t moving,’ the witness said.
Among those killed was Jessica Ghawi,
an aspiring sportscaster who had recently moved to Colorado from Texas.
She was shot as she watched the film with a male friend, who was
injured.
Jessica had escaped another deadly shooting in Toronto on June 2, after a gunman fired in a mall food court, killing one man.
Several
others have said there were children at the screening and the youngest
victim reported was a three-month-old baby. A six-year-old is also being
treated.
Local reporter Justin Jones said: ‘The attacker shot a baby at point blank range.’
Another eyewitness, James Cameron, added that the baby girl was shot in the back.
Strength: A small group prays outside Gateway High School where witnesses gave statements to police
Embrace: Eyewitness Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interviewed by police
Pain: Witnesses gather outside Gateway High School where they were brought for questioning
Plea: Tom Sullivan holds a photo of his son Alex who was celebrating his 27th birthday by going to the film
Tears: Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interviewed by police
Loss: A group is overcome with emotion outside the school after learning of the death of a friend
Precautions: The Aurora bomb squad robot is deployed to search a suspect’s car behind the cinema
KEY U.S. MASS SCALE SHOOTINGS
Virgina Tech, April 2007
Seung-Hui Cho, a student, shot and killed 32 people and inured 15 others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
He then turned the gun on himself.
Fort Hood, November 2009
Major Nidal Hasan , a U.S. army psychologist, fired at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas. 13 people were killed and 42 others were injured.
Columbine High School, April 1999
Two
teenage schoolboys shot and killed 12 schoolmates and a teacher at the
school in Littleton, Colorado, before killing themselves.
Gabrielle Giffords, January 2011
Six people including a nine-year-old
girl were killed and 12 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire at
a public gathering outside a grocery in Tuscon, Arizona.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was at the scene and was severely injured with a gunshot to the head.
Civic centre, April 2009
13 people shot dead by a gunman in Binghamton, New York
Alabama, 2009
While driving a car through towns in Alabama, a 28-year-old redundant worker starting shooting randomly killing 10 people.
Omaha, December 2007
Nine people killed and injured five others in a shopping center in Omaha, Nebraska after a 20-year-old man started shooting
Northern Illinois University, February 2008
Five students killed and 16 injured after a man opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. At the end of the shooting spree he surrendered, laying down his weapon
Hayden Miller told KUSA-TV that he was inside Theatre 16 and heard several shots. He said at first he thought it was part of a louder movie next door, but
then he saw ‘people hunched over leaving theatre.’
The gunman was arrested without incident in a
car park nearby and told the police that explosives were stored at his
home. He remains in police custody.
Police chief Dan Oates told reporters
that an apartment block in the north of Aurora had been evacuated as a
consequence of the man’s claims his apartment had explosives.
They found the suspect’s apartment rigged with tripwires tied to bottles of unknown substances. ‘It’s not something I’ve ever been before,’ Oates told an early-afternoon press conference.
Around 6.40 a.m. local time, there were a reports of an explosion at the apartment.
Police said that another
handgun was found left in the cinema but there was no evidence of any
other attackers.
They added there was no immediate knowledge of the
motive.
The
FBI say they are working with local police. They say it is still
early in the investigation, but that there is no terrorism link so far. The car park of the mall remains closed off.
Police
spokeswoman Cassidee Carlson said: ‘The scene is still very active and
we have little information for release at this time.’
Hospitals
reported shrapnel injuries and Denver University hospital reported it was treating three people for ‘chemical exposure’.
With ambulances rushing to the hospitals, some chose to
get to the nearest medical facility by foot.
Mitt Romney said today: ‘This is a time for
each of us to look inot our hearts and remember how much we love each
other. Our hearts break for the victims and their families.’
Brenda
Stuart, of 850 KOA Radio, said: ‘Police are taking people to hospital
in their own cars, not waiting for ambulances to arrive.
‘There were
chaotic scenes as people desperately tried to flee.’
Hunt: A police officer holds a searching device to the window of the home of the suspected 24-year-old gunman after he claimed he had explosives at his home
Break through: Police use a video camera to look inside the suspect’s apartment for explosives
Swoop: Aurora Police officers are pictured outside the building where Holmes is believed to live
Investigation: Neighbours reported hearing an explosion in the building early on Friday morning
Crime scene: Investigators at the Century 16 movie theatre where the gunmen attacked movie goers
Fraught: FBI officers, Aurora police officers, and fire crews outside the suspect’s apartment building
Investigation: Officers gather at the cinema on Friday morning. Ten bodies were still believed to be inside
The suspect had no history with police apart from a traffic ticket, police reported.
When
approached in San Diego, a woman who identified herself as Holmes’s
mother told ABC police her son was the likely culprit, saying: ‘You have the right person.’
Holmes
was a student at the University of Colorado Denver Medical Campus but
had dropped out in June, a school official told ABC. He attended high
school in California.
The shootings have led to precautions at other planned premieres of the film. There are reports that the screening in Paris has been cancelled.
In New York, Police
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly released a statement saying: ‘As a
precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie
patrons in the wake of the horrendous shooting in Colorado, the New York
City Police Department is providing coverage at theaters where the ‘The
Dark Knight Rises’ is playing in the five boroughs.’
Local hospitals have been alerted to a ‘mass casualty incident’ and police officers are taking people to hospital themselves, not waiting for ambulances
Terrifying: Several witnesses have said there were children at the screening and one reported there was a baby in the theatre
Crime scene: Police officers took witness statements. The 6ft tall man, dressed in black and wearing a gas mask opened fire at the showing of The Dark Knight Rises and set off a smoke or tear gas bomb
Emergency: Outside the Swedish Medical Center ER where two people are in a critical condition – local hospitals have been alerted to a ‘mass casualty incident’
Anxious: Film-goers wait nervously across the street as Aurora Police strung crime scene tape around the parking lot encircling the movie theatre
President Obama made a statement in
the early hours of this morning to pass on his condolences to the
families and to offer his support to Aurora.
‘Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado,’ he said.
‘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.
Christian Bale, left, as Batman in The Dark Knight Rises and Tom Hardy as Bane. There were suggestions that the gunman was influenced by Bane, a character in the film which wears a dark mask covering his face
Scene: A map shows the movie theatre and the location of the gunman’s home in North Aurora
‘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.’
Mitt Romney added: ‘Ann and I are deeply saddened by the news of the senseless violence that took the lives of 15 people [sic ]in Colorado and injured dozens more.
‘We are praying for the families and loved ones of the victims during this time of deep shock and immense grief. We expect that the person responsible for this terrible crime will be quickly brought to justice.’
Holmes is expected to appear in court on Monday morning at 9.30.
Aurora is located on the outskirts of Denver, about 10 miles southeast of downtown.
It is the worst mass shooting in Colorado since the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Fifteen died, including the shooters.
Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at the school in the Denver suburb of Littleton, about 15 miles west of Aurora, killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school’s library.
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Expect a press release from the National Rifle Association saying that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”.
In all the movies I have seen in my life, I have never seen a gun walk out of a gun cabinet and shoot people, there has always been a human being behind the trigger – and lets not forget that this latest gun loonie attrocity took place only a short distance from Columbine.
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Please dont bring the gun debate into this. People with guns kill, not guns without people. It doesnt matter where in the world things like this take place, it is terrible and the innocent are killed and injured. It doesnt just happen in the USA. Im from the UK and my memory isnt so short that I have forgotten the children of Dunblane or the Hungerford victims or more recently the Norwegian massacre. No matter what weapons are involved, mad people commit mad crimes using whatever weapons are at hand. I am so desperately sorry to hear about the Denver shooting. I have visited there several times and have found the people there warm, friendly and hospitable. My condolences to them and RIP those who died and a speedy recovery to the injured.
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OMG what is the world coming too. Deeply shocked at this headline. No where is safe no more 🙁 RIP all the tragic victims. Awfully sad news :'(
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How could anyone think that this was part of the film? So tragic.
– Martha, Glasgow, 20/7/2012 18:43
In horrific situations like this all manner of thoughts go through your mind. It was a premier, sometimes, they do stunts and people may have preferred, in a split second, to think this was the case. No one would want to believe this was for real. Just terrible for all concerned.
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My god its an horrific story. I hope the injured recover from this especially the tiny baby. An absolute madman. Glad he is caught and hope he gets all he deserves. This world gets scarier everyday.
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It’s very sad to see :/ My thoughts are with the friends and family’s who have lost loved ones.
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Make macabre films and you are bound to trigger dormant individuals like these…Keep it to the batman in the comics as in the 90s and you will be ok…to a degree anyway..
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Only in America! R.I.P to those who lost their lives.
– Jabba the Hutt, Tatooine, 20/7/2012 6:23
Yeah you’re right. Oh wait, No this happened in Europe last year. The issue is a nutcase, not guns. If a driver kills a family with his out of control driving – do you blame the car or the driver? Lots of ignorant comments on here from Europeans. Typical Europeans…
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I blame Violent Video games too. Start them off real young shooting and aiming at fake people then when they get older… – annie w, Los Angeles USA, 20/7/2012 15:55 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Then you are as foolish as your comment. I’ve played FPS’ since I was a youngster, yet shockingly I don’t go around doing things like this.
– Rash, Devon, 20/7/2012 17:54
But Rash you might be the exception due to your higher intellect.
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Tragic news. Really highlights that the gun laws in the states need an overhaul. Time needs to be taken to ensure to make sure it’s not a knee jerk reaction like the UK back in the 90s.
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