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Batman Movie Massacre: Weapons Bought Legally
As the US mourns
of its most deadliest mass shootings
recent history, more details
the gunman's rampage are revealed.
The man suspected
shooting 12 people dead and wounding
58 during a screening of the new Batman movie in Colorado legally purchased four guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition
the last 60 days, police have revealed.
More details about the bloody massacre
a cinema in Aurora, near Denver - and the extent of the weaponry used - were outlined by officials
a news conference.
The gunman, who burst
a midnight screening of the firm and opened
, was arrested shortly afterwards and has been identified
24-year-old James Holmes, a loner
recently quit medical school.
Ten people were killed
the scene with another two dying later
their injuries.
Eleven people are
in a critical condition in hospital while only one of the dead has so
been identified.
Aurora police chief Dan Oates said Holmes had bought the four guns
local shops and the 6,000 rounds of ammunition
the internet.
All the weapons
purchased legally, he added.
Describing the rampage
, he said: "As far as we know it was a pretty rapid pace
fire in that theatre."
The gunman
wearing a gas mask and a bulletproof
as he fired shots and hurled a gas canister
the movie-goers.
Holding
tears, an emotional Mr Oates also described the potential danger of booby
the police face while trying to search the gunman's flat.
His apartment is filled with trip
and chemicals, leading
the evacuation of five buildings nearby.
The operation to search the flat would resume
the morning, Mr Oates said.
The police are also
to meet shortly with the victims' families.
The news conference
after Christopher Nolan, the director of the new Batman film that was
screened at the time of the massacre, called it a "senseless tragedy", that was "unbearably savage".
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker cancelled
French premiere of The Dark Knight Rises and a media junket
Paris hours after the shootings.
"Speaking on
of the cast and crew... I would like to express our profound sorrow
the senseless tragedy that has befallen
entire Aurora community," he said.
British-American Mr Nolan is director of
Batman trilogy that started with The Dark Knight in 2008 and of
The Dark Knight Rises is the final instalment.
President Barack Obama said he
saddened by the "horrific and tragic shooting".
He
short campaigning for the November presidential elections to return
the White House, where flags were lowered
mourning.
The Queen sent a message
sympathy to Mr Obama.
The British monarch said: "I was saddened
learn of the tragic loss of life earlier
in Denver, Colorado.
"Prince Philip joins me
extending our heartfelt sympathy to
and the people of America at this time."
Adapted and abridged from: Sky News, July 21, 2012.
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