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Wearing A Mask, Gunman Kills 12 In Colo. Theater

Published July 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM CDT

A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver at a midnight opening of the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises.At least 12 people were killed.

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