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Eleven still critical in Colorado "Batman" shooting
Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:42 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - Eleven of the 70 people injured in a shooting rampage at a suburban Denver movie theater during a midnight screening of the new "Batman" film remained in critical condition on Friday evening, police said. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said that of the 70 casualties, 12 had died and 58 were injured. Of that number, 30 remained hospitalized, he said. (Reporting by Mary Slosson and Keith Coffman; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Walsh) Full Story | Top |
Bogey-free Horschel grabs True South Classic lead
Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:34 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Billy Horschel's bogey-free nine-under par 63 earned the American a one-stroke clubhouse lead at the rain-affected True South Classic at Madison, Mississippi on Friday. Rain, which had hampered the first round on Thursday, caused a further suspension in play and the second round will not be completed until Saturday. Horschel is looking for his maiden win on the PGA Tour and a birdie on his final hole, the ninth, took him to 13-under 131 for the tournament at the halfway stage, one ahead of Matt Bettencourt and Jason Bohn. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-Bogey-free Horschel grabs True South Classic lead
Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:32 PM PDT
Reuters - July 20 (Reuters) - Billy Horschel's bogey-free nine-underpar 63 earned the American a one-stroke clubhouse lead at therain-affected True South Classic at Madison, Mississippi onFriday. Rain, which had hampered the first round on Thursday, causeda further suspension in play and the second round will not becompleted until Saturday. Horschel is looking for his maiden win on the PGA Tour and abirdie on his final hole, the ninth, took him to 13-under 131for the tournament at the halfway stage, one ahead of MattBettencourt and Jason Bohn. ... Full Story | Top |
Gunman kills 12 in rampage at "Batman" premiere in Colorado
Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman in a gas mask and body armor opened fire at a packed midnight showing of the new "Batman" film in a Denver suburb on Friday, killing 12 people after hurling a gas canister into the crowded multiplex theater. Armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, he wounded 59 others in the shooting rampage at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at a mall in Aurora, which turned into a chaotic scene of dead or bleeding victims, horrified screams and pleas for help, witnesses said. ...
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Colorado shooting suspect: doctoral student who seemed like "normal dude"
Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:59 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo./SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Soda bottles littered his apartment, the top-floor unit of a three-story red brick building in a run-down neighborhood, what seemed typical quarters for a 24-year-old doctoral student with one critical exception: Police now believe it to be booby-trapped. Just 4 miles away from his Aurora, Colorado, apartment, James Eagan Holmes became a national figure on Friday, identified by police as the gunman who opened fire in a movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding 59 others while dressed in body armor, black gloves and a gas mask. ... Full Story | Top |
Timeline: Gunman kills 12 in Denver shooting at "Batman" movie
Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gunman in a gas mask killed 12 people and injured dozens more at a midnight showing of the new "Batman" movie in a Denver, Colorado, suburb early on Friday. Here is a timeline of the events, based on the accounts of witnesses, police and a law enforcement source close to the investigation: * Just before midnight, hundreds of people packed into four sold-out screenings of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," at the Century 16 Movie Theaters in Aurora, Colorado. ... Full Story | Top |
Police to detonate devices in Colorado shooting suspect's home
Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The apartment of the man suspected of shooting 71 people at a Denver-area movie theater on Friday, killing 12 of them, has been so extensively booby-trapped that police have determined they cannot safely defuse the devices, a police source said Friday. Police now plan to detonate the devices using a robot, the source familiar with the matter told Reuters, but that may not occur for several hours. Before performing any detonation, which they believe would likely be small in size, they plan to close down traffic on nearby streets, the source said. ... Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Studio liability in Colorado shooting likely limited
Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:02 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Families of victims and survivors of the deadly shooting at the Batman movie who seek to sue Warner Bros and other companies behind "The Dark Knight Rises" are unlikely to get very far. The main reason, legal experts said, is that companies are rarely held liable for the intentional crimes of non-employees. What's more, the U.S. Supreme Court has established that violence in videogames and movies is expression protected under the First Amendment. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the shooting suspect, James Eagan Holmes, 24, looked like "a deranged individual. ... Full Story | Top |
Colorado shooting suspect: A doctoral student with few signs of violent edge
Fri,20 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo./SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Soda bottles littered his apartment, the top floor unit of a three-story red brick building in a run-down neighborhood, what seemed typical quarters for a 24-year-old doctoral student with one critical exception: Police now believe it to be booby-trapped. Just four miles away from his Aurora, Colorado, apartment, James Eagan Holmes became a national figure on Friday, identified by police as the gunman who opened fire in a movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more while dressed in body armor, black gloves and a gas mask. ... Full Story | Top |
Gunman kills 12, wounds 59 at 'Batman' premiere in Colorado
Fri,20 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman in a gas mask and body armor killed 12 people at a midnight premiere of the new "Batman" movie in a suburb of Denver early on Friday, opening fire on moviegoers after hurling a gas canister into the theater. Armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, he wounded 59 others with gunfire during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at a mall in Aurora, which turned into a chaotic scene of bleeding victims, horrified screams and pleas for help, witnesses said. ...
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Florida man killed in police mix-up
Fri,20 Jul 2012 03:23 PM PDT
Reuters - ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The death of a man shot inside his home, by a sheriff's deputy who went to the wrong apartment looking for a criminal suspect, has sparked protests this week over police procedures in the central Florida city of Leesburg. Andrew "Drew" Scott, 26, a pizza delivery driver, was shot dead at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday when deputies knocked on his apartment door without identifying themselves as law enforcement officers. Scott opened his door holding a gun, according to Lake County Sheriff spokesman Lieutenant John Herrell. ... Full Story | Top |
Games boss upbeat as torch reaches London
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:24 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic chief Jacques Rogge flew into London on Friday a week ahead of the opening ceremony and predicted a "great Games", despite a security fiasco, travel disruptions and persistent rain. The biggest single problem in the run-up to the July 27-August 12 Games has been the shortage of guards to secure venues, after the company G4S failed to meet its staffing targets and thousands of extra soldiers were brought in to fill the gaps. ... Full Story | Top |
Family of suspected Colorado gunman releases statement
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The family of suspected gunman James Eagan Holmes said on Friday their hearts go out to those involved in the Colorado movie shooting and asked for their privacy to be respected. Twelve people were killed and 59 injured early on Friday when a gunman in a gas mask hurled a gas canister into the midnight showing of the new "Batman" movie in Aurora, a Denver suburb, and started shooting. The 24-year-old suspect, who was taken into custody, was in the process of withdrawing from the graduate program in neurosciences at the University of Colorado Denver, a school spokesman said. ... Full Story | Top |
Colorado rampage claims woman who narrowly missed Toronto shooting
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Among the victims of Friday's mass shooting at a midnight screening of the latest "Batman" movie was an aspiring sportscaster from Texas who missed by minutes being on the scene of another shooting rampage just a month before in Toronto. Jessica Ghawi, who used the name Jessica Redfield, was killed when a gunman opened fire in a crowded theater in Aurora, Colorado, during the opening moments of the "The Dark Knight Rises," her mother confirmed to Reuters by phone. Her brother, Jordan Ghawi, also said on his website that she had been killed. ... Full Story | Top |
World Cup loss firing up U.S. women for London
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. women's soccer team forward Abby Wambach believes the pain of last year's crushing World Cup final defeat to Japan will help fire them towards an Olympic gold medal. The team, coached by Swede Pia Sundhage, start their Olympic campaign against France in Glasgow on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony to the London Games. They will also play North Korea and Colombia in the group stage. ... Full Story | Top |
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