You're watching...

Gunmen leaves 14 dead, 50 injured at movie opening

Details

  • Description

    Dozens shot inside Colorado theater

  • Duration 2:31
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

Fox News alert there's been a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora Colorado.

-- -- happened overnight a masked gunman killed at least fourteen people.

And police are saying at least sixty others are hurt.

All this during the midnight premiere at the new Batman movie the Dark Knight rises the gunman reportedly setting off some kind of smoke bomb before opening fire.

He is now in police custody.

They good -- folks I thank you very much for joining us on special edition of FOX & Friends.

How many people have stayed up till midnight to go see the brand new movie -- the brand new movie that open last night at midnight.

Was the Dark Knight rises the new.

Episode in the bat man saga so many people there at century sixteen town center in a -- Colorado.

It is wanted to see the movie and shortly after the sneak previews.

The movie started and according to KUSA.

One of the affiliates out in Denver somebody.

Kicked down the emergency door.

And then threw in some sort of a smoke bomber tear gas some sort of device.

And when people started running he started shooting.

An exciting evening to begin with at that movie theater advertised -- land yards -- concessions.

And and a lot of promotions we've known in the past that there have been.

Police officers stationed.

At that movie theater to provide safety at -- Aurora Towne center we do not know the identity.

Of the shooter at this time there were early reports that perhaps there was a second shooter that is now.

Not.

True it appears according to the chief of police and now they are looking at the issue whether or not there are explosives.

In an automobile.

And or.

-- shooters home and apparently.

A search ward is being executed.

To search that home to determine whether any explosives or incendiary devices are there at this point.

That's right.

There was so a witness there said he was watching the movie -- heard a series of explosions.

He said that people ran from the theater and there were gunshots and then the police shouting get down apparently police were already.

Stationed at that that particular.

Event Peter and perhaps it had to do with the fact that there was a promotion and it was midnight may lot of people and many movie theaters across the country see more and more that there are.

Police officers were paid to do so.