Many awaited in anticipation for the release of “The Dark Knight Rises”, but what they didn’t expect was for a gunman to come into the theater and to start shooting everyone.
According to CNN, the incident took place at Century Aurora in Colorado and many were in a state of shock when a guy burst into the dark theater, and began shooting people. According to an eye witness, the guy came through the exit door, wearing a mask, threw a gas can into the crowd and started to shoot the people who were inside the theater.
As a result of this incident, 12 people were killed and more than 50 were reported to be wounded. The guy, who was identified as James Holmes was 24 years of age and according to The New York Times, his motive was to attack a highly publicized place and to gain fame by doing something extremely crazy.
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It was certainly an horrifying incident and because of this, the Warner Bros have cancelled the Paris premieres of this Blockbuster movie. According to The Guardian, the red carpet event was supposed to be attended by the films director, Christopher Nolan, and its stars, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman.
According to The Voice of America, President Obama has requested for flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the incident.
This is what he had to say when he was asked to comment on the tragedy,”while we will never know fully what causes somebody to take the life of another, we do know what makes life worth living. There were mothers, children and everyone else in that theatre who had hopes for future and they had dreams that were not yet fulfilled.”
