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'Ten shot dead' at Batman film premiere in Denver Batman US cinema shooting: Fourteen dead in Denver
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Ten people have been killed in a shooting at a Batman film premiere in the US city of Denver, local media say. At least 14 people have been killed in a shooting at a Batman film premiere in the US city of Denver, police say.
More than 35 people had been injured in the incident, it is reported. About 50 people have been injured in the incident at the cinema complex in the suburb of Aurora.
A reporter for the 9News website at the scene says a gunman opened fire at the movie cinema complex in Aurora, where three theatres had a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. Witnesses say a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.
Witnesses said someone wearing a gas mask opened fire and there were also reports of a lot of smoke. A man was arrested in a car park nearby in possession of a rifle and hand-gun. He told police that explosives were stored at his home.
The Swedish Medical Center, which is not the area's main hospital, told the BBC it had received three gunshot victims. Police chief Dan Oates told reporters that an apartment block in the north of Aurora had been evacuated as a consequence of that information.
Many ambulances are at the scene and it not clear if there is an active manhunt for the attacker. More weapons may have been left in the cinema, he said.
NBC News reports that one suspect was in custody. "Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," the police chief said.
"The shooting apparently went on for some time," he said.
Ten people were killed at the cinema and four others died later at hospital of their wounds, he said.
The FBI, which is working with the police, say there is no terrorism link so far in their investigations, ABC reports.
Many ambulances are at the scene and the Swedish Medical Center, not the area's main hospital, told the BBC it had received several gunshot victims and expected more.
A witness told 9News that during a shooting scene in the film he heard loud bangs and a lot of smoke and initially thought they were live special effects put on by the cinema.A witness told 9News that during a shooting scene in the film he heard loud bangs and a lot of smoke and initially thought they were live special effects put on by the cinema.
Projectiles came through the wall from the neighbouring theatre screening, where it appears the shooting occurred. Projectiles came through the wall from the neighbouring theatre screening, the witness said.
CNN quoted one witness saying: "A guy slowly making his way up the stairs and firing - picking random people."
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