Fly4Fun;1229872 wrote:Let's try to keep the focus off politics and more on the tragedy. If you want to discuss politics, I bet there is a thread in the politics forum for it, or create one.

Forest teen among those injured in Colorado shooting<dd style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); ">A recent Riverdale High School graduate was among the more than 50 injured in a Colorado shooting that left 12 dead this morning.

Gage Hankins, 18, of Forest, attended a midnight screening of &#8220;The Dark Knight Rises&#8221; in Aurora, Colo. today in a group with his brother, Jackson, 14, when a gunman entered the adjacent theater.

Crossfire from the shooting struck Gage Hankins in the arm. Though he lost some blood, doctors expect him to soon make a full recovery, said Gage&#8217;s father, Dave Hankins.

&#8220;Right now, he&#8217;s sitting up, eating, watching the national news,&#8221; he said.

The wound was about two inches long and Gage said it caused &#8220;excruciating pain,&#8221; Dave Hankins said.

Dave Hankins said he was not in attendance, but is very thankful his sons were not seriously injured. He said he&#8217;s praying for the families of those also affected.

Gage Hankins is a 2012 graduate of Riverdale High School.

password;1229851 wrote:Obama had a press conference and wanted to let everyone know that he has kids that go to the movies just like the ones that were killed. He has ordered a full investigation by the federal government to make sure the person responsible for these crimes is caught and held accountable for his actions. The best part of his speech was when he was talking about the tragedy, people were yelling "4 more years", classiness at its best.

WebFire;1229937 wrote:Crazy. Some friends of ours' sons were at the theater when it happened. The oldest caught shrapnel in the arm and had surgery, but will be fine. The younger one was unharmed. Scary shit!

St. Paris Fire Chief Scott Massie said his daughter, Samantha Yowler, was shot in the leg. She is listed in fair condition in a Denver-area hospital and is expected to survive.

vball10set;1229966 wrote:^^Webbie, you prolly don't know, but do you have any idea where the "crossfire" occurred? wasn't it just one gunman shooting randomly at victims?

btw, thank God these young man are ok :thumbup:

WebFire;1229976 wrote:I can't imagine seeing this on the news knowing that your kids were there, or getting a call that they were there.

cruiser_96;1229870 wrote: Also, upon hearing this, I thought a few things, namely - white male, 28-35 years old, parents divorced when he was young, more than likely some type of sexual past, beit giver or receiver, who will have a neighbor that says, "He seemed so normal. A bit of a recluse but not crazy."

WebFire;1229976 wrote:I I can't imagine seeing this on the news knowing that your kids were there, or getting a call that they were there.

FatHobbit;1229979 wrote:That would be awful.

SnotBubbles;1229999 wrote:Only 1 victim has been identified (as far as I know). She was an aspiring sports reporter for a local TV station. She apparently narrowly missed a shooting at a mall in Canada earlier this year.

Her brother is updating the situation via his blog....it's hard to read.

http://www.jordanghawi.com/denver-theatre-shooting-jessica-ghawi/

We've had 20 years of mass murders throughout which I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media, if you dont want to propogate more mass muders, don't start the story with sirens blaring. Don't have pictures of the killer. Don't make this 24/7 coverage. Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story. Do not try to make the killer some kind of anti-hero. Do localize the story to the affected community and make it as boring as possible in every other market. Every time we see intense saturation coverage, we expect more within a week.

TedSheckler;1229679 wrote:There was a 3-month old injured. WTF is a 3-month old doing in that movie theater? WTF is wrong with people?

TedSheckler;1230038 wrote:Really? It's not?

SnotBubbles;1229999 wrote:Only 1 victim has been identified (as far as I know). She was an aspiring sports reporter for a local TV station. She apparently narrowly missed a shooting at a mall in Canada earlier this year.

Her brother is updating the situation via his blog....it's hard to read.

http://www.jordanghawi.com/denver-theatre-shooting-jessica-ghawi/

TedSheckler;1230038 wrote:Really? It's not?

WebFire;1229976 wrote:I don't think there was crossfire...poor reporting there. He was hit with "shrapnel". I assume a bullet ricochet.

I can't imagine seeing this on the news knowing that your kids were there, or getting a call that they were there.

Dave Hankins told Hardin County radio station WKTN this morning that his son was in a theater next to the one where the bulk of the shooting took place, and that some bullets may have come through the wall.
Gage Hankins was hit in the right forearm and doctors removed shrapnel in his wrist, the radio station reported.

tk421;1230079 wrote:can't help but think that if someone in that theater had a CCW they might have been able to help. I'd rather go down shooting back than be gunned down running for the exits.

Pick6;1230040 wrote:Did taking the kid to the movie cause the shooting? Lets look at the big picture.