President Obama: “Shocked And Saddened” Over Mass Theater Shooting, 12 Dead,...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - President Obama is in Florida on a two-day campaign and has been informed by his staff of Friday morning’s movie theater shooting that has claimed the lives of 12 people and...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: 13 Dead After Mass Shooting In Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater
13 people are dead after a mass shooting took place in a movie theater shortly after midnight. As tragedy unfolds, families across the nation are forced to face the unsettling feeling that it may not...
View ArticleColorado Shooting: Dept. Of Defense Confirms 3 Military Members Wounded, 1...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The U.S. Department of Defense in Washington says three members of the U.S. Armed Forces were wounded in a movie theater shooting in Colorado and one is unaccounted for. The...
View ArticleWill Safety Concerns Impact ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ At The Box Office?
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Police around the Washington region are beefing up security at movie theaters in the wake of the Friday’s “The Dark Knight Rises” shooting tragedy in Colorado. Officers in the...
View Article‘Lone Gunman’ Situations A Policing Nightmare
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone gunman keeps law enforcement officers across the country awake at night. He’s hard to pick out of a crowd. He has no criminal record. Often, he hasn’t told anyone about his...
View ArticleColo. Massacre Suspect Silent As He Heads To Court
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — As the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre heads to his first court appearance Monday, authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it...
View ArticleOpinion: Theater Shootings: A Politicized American Tragedy
When the news broke regarding the Aurora, Colorado theater massacre early Friday morning, shock and disbelief didn’t run through my mind as it would have at hearing such news years ago. Instead, my...
View ArticleJames Holmes Received $26K Grant From Bethesda-Based National Institutes of...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) - James Holmes, the alleged gunman in the recent theater shooting that left 12 dead in Aurora, Colo., was previously awarded a $26,000 federal grant. PHOTOS: James Holmes First...
View ArticleColorado Shooting Victim Was To Pursue Masters At University Of Maryland
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – There are reports that one of the injured survivors from the Colorado shooting was going to pursue a masters degree at the University of Maryland this fall. Petra Anderson was...
View ArticleDid Colorado Suspect Practice Shooting Before ‘Batman’ Massacre?
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — It appears James Holmes, the alleged shooter in the Aurora movie massacre that left 12 dead, may have practiced shooting before going on his rampage. CBS News senior...
View ArticleIn Wake Of Aurora Shooting, Gun Control Group Calls On Obama, Romney To Lead
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent gun control group on Thursday called on President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to lead a search for solutions to gun violence, upping the political...
View ArticleOfficers Lacked Sufficient Medical Support For 30 Minutes In Colo. Movie...
DENVER (AP) — As the horror unfolded for police first on the scene of the Colorado theater massacre, the officers repeatedly sent out urgent pleas for more ambulances even as a two-man crew and their...
View ArticleWhite House: Obama Won’t Push For Stricter Gun Laws This Election Year
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will not push for stricter gun laws this election year, the White House said Thursday, one day after his impassioned remarks about the need to keep assault...
View ArticleObama: ‘I Am Constrained By A System That Our Founders Put In Place’
DENVER (CBSDC/AP) — Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that recent steps by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show “there doesn’t have to...
View ArticleHolmes Gets Life Term After Jury Fails to Agree on Execution
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury failed to agree Friday on whether he should get the death penalty for his...
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