Isn't it odd that they have to point out the shooter was a white man? Aurora is a fairly diverse suburb of Denver, so the theatergoers were probably of various colors. There must have been some reason for the media to decide there was significance to the shooter's race.

This was a midnight showing of the movie, and I am puzzled at why parents took their small children to it; not that 3 month old so much (I hope it wasn't crying during the movie), but the 6 and 7 year olds and so forth, since the movie is rated PG-13.


"AURORA, Colo. -- Six hospitals across the metro area are treating patients from the deadly shooting at a movie theater near the Aurora Mall.

Witnesses said a gunman set off a smoke bomb of some sort in the theater, then opened fire, during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Police said 10 people died in the theater, two died at nearby hospitals. The Police Department inititally reported that 14 people had died. Approximately 50 people were shot, including the deceased, police said.

The injured range in age from 3 months old to 45 years old. Many were rushed immediately to hospitals in police cars by responding officers.
Police arrested one man in the parking lot of the theater. 7NEWS has confirmed the suspect is a 24-year-old white man, James Holmes."

People in theater say at first they thought the shooting was a part of the movie's special effects.

The movie will be associated with this violence, and deranged fools who want the notoriety will decide this is a good way to get it by staging similar incidents at future showings, or choose other movies. I hate to say it, but maybe this movie should not be shown any more.

Now movie theaters will become yet another place with metal detectors and airport-type security. Next, it will be grocery stores.