__ July 20, 2012: At least 12 people are killed when a gunman enters an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, releases a canister of gas and then opens fire during opening night of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." — July 22, 2011: At least 80 people are killed at a summer camp on the […]
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 people and injuring at least 38 others, authorities said. Moviegoers didn't know what was happening and […]
New York police posted officers at dozens of theaters around the city, while ticket-takers at a multiplex in Washington searched moviegoers' bags and purses. Security was stepped up at places around the U.S. during showings of the new Batman movie Friday after the massacre in Colorado. And while some people said they were afraid to […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The deadly shooting spree in Colorado consumed the presidential campaign Friday, sidetracking a bitter political contest with a tragedy that at least temporarily brought the candidates together in common purpose. "There are going to be other days for politics," a somber President Barack Obama said. The president and likely Republican […]
Some theaters and police around the U.S. stepped up security at daytime showings of the new Batman movie Friday after the massacre in Colorado, and while many fans were undeterred by the tragedy, others were nervous about going to see the film. Two police officers were stationed outside the AMC theater in New York's Times […]
