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    20 July 2012| last updated at 09:35PM

    12 confirmed dead in Denver shooting at 'Batman' movie (Update)



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    DENVER, Colorado -- At least 12 people were killed and around 40 wounded when a gunman opened fire Friday at a movie theater showing the latest Batman film, police said.

    The police department in the town of Aurora, Colorado, where the shooting  took place, said in a statement that there were “approximately 50 victims with  at least 12 confirmed dead.”    Police had earlier put the toll in the shooting at the Century 16 Movie  Theater, which was holding a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” at 14  dead with around 50 wounded.

     Witnesses told police the gunman had thrown “some type of gas or explosive  device” and opened fire on moviegoers.

      “When the suspect was arrested, police recovered one rifle, one handgun and  a gas mask,” Aurora police said. “A third gun is still inside the theater.”  

     US television networks identified the gunman as James Holmes, a 24-year-old  Aurora resident, and quoted the FBI as saying he had no known connections to  terrorism.

     Police said the suspect “offered no resistance when he was arrested.”   

    “At this time, the police have no evidence that any additional suspects  were involved other than the person arrested,” the Aurora police said. - AFP
      

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