Colorado Shooting Prompts Heightened Awareness at Some Area Theatres
AMC Theatres are banning costume masks. Police in some area communities around St. Louis County plan to increase patrols at local theaters.
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 St. Charles, there are no plans yet to increase police patrols around Wehrenberg St. Charles…
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