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14 Dead In Shooting At Batman Premiere

A total of 14 people were killed overnight in a shooting at the premiere of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, Colo., which is suburban Denver. The movie opens in theaters nationwide today, and the Century Aurora 16 theater was showing it on four screens just after midnight when the shooting occurred. A suspect was immediately apprehended. Another 50 people were injured. Get the latest.

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