Colorado Shooting Prompts Heightened Awareness at Some Area Theatres
O'Fallon Police don't have plans to increase security at local theaters, but police in St. Louis County plan to increase patrols.
The mass shooting at the première of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, CO, has prompted some St. Louis-area movie theaters to consider increased security. At approximately 1 a.m. Friday, a man wearing a gas mask entered the Colorado theater during the midnight showing of the newest Batman movie, hurled a gas canister and then began shooting, the Associated Press reported. At least 50 are injured and 12 have been confirmed dead. Police took 24-year old James Holmes into custody for the shooting early Friday morning. No motive has been released. The shooting has prompted movie theaters locally and across the country to work with local police. In O'Fallon, there are no plans to increase police patrols around Great Escape Theater or Town …
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Thomas J. Stein
9:10 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012
I just can't understand why some ignoramus would go into a movie theater, or anyplace, especially in the middle of the night, and take a number of peoples' lives. That is totally unacceptable behavior, and it definitely CANNOT be tolerated in public. He should be at least sentenced to life in a maximum security prison, without parole. And furthermore, there should no longer be any special … more ›