丹佛電影院槍擊案致12人死亡，50人受傷 12 people killed, 50 injured in Denver movie theater shooting

A masked gunman released tear gas and opened fire into a crowded movie theaterin a suburb of Denver early Friday, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50others, police said.

警方說，一名蒙面槍手週五凌晨在丹佛郊區的一個擁擠的電影院釋放催淚瓦斯並開槍，造成12人死亡，至少50人受傷。

The mass shooting at a midnight showing of the latest Batman movie "The DarkKnight Rises" in a mall in the Aurora suburb was the worst in the United Statessince the 2007 shooting on the Virginia Tech campus.

在奧羅拉郊區的一家商場午夜放映的最新蝙蝠俠電影《黑暗騎士崛起》的拍攝質量是美國自2007年拍攝的弗吉尼亞理工大學以來最差的。

Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters that the shooter, aged 24, hadbeen arrested in the parking lot behind the theater.

奧羅拉警察總督丹·奧茨告訴記者，射擊手今年24歲，已經在電影院後面的停車場被逮捕。

Oates had initially put the death toll at 14, but a spokesman later told NBCthe toll had been revised to 12, saying 10 of the victims died in the theaterand two died in the hospital.

奧茨已初步確定的死亡人數爲14人，但後來發言人告訴美國全國廣播公司死亡人數更正爲12人，其中10名受害者死在劇院，另外兩名死在醫院。

The FBI said there was so far no indication of any links to terrorgroups.

美國聯邦調查局稱，到目前爲止，沒有跡象表明與恐怖組織有任何聯繫。

Some moviegoers said they thought the attack was part of the show when theysaw a person appearing at the front of the theater during the movie, pointing agun at the crowd.

一些影迷們表示，他們認爲，這次襲擊是表演的一部分，在拍攝過程中他們看見一個人出現在電影院前面，用槍指着人羣。

"Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissingsound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Oates said at a newsconference.

“目擊者告訴我們，射擊者放了某種罐。他們聽到了噝噝的聲音，並出現一些氣體接着槍手就開槍了，”奧茨在一次新聞發佈會上說。

Police and firefighters rushed to the mall shortly after the shootingsoccurred at around 12:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT).

槍擊案發大約是在上午當地時間12點半（0630GMT），案發後警察和消防員立刻趕到商場。

CNN reported at least 20 people were being treated for gunshot wounds inhospital, three of them in serious condition.

據CNN報道，至少有20人正在醫院接受槍傷治療，其中三人在病情嚴重。

President Barack Obama, in a statement, said he was "shocked and saddened" bythe shooting, and his administration would do everything to help victims in thistragedy.

美國總統奧巴馬在一份聲明中說，他對這次槍擊案感到“震驚和悲痛”，他的政府將盡一切努力幫助這場悲劇的受害者。

"Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shootingin Colorado. Federal and local law enforcement are still responding, and myadministration will do everything that we can to support the people of Aurora inthis extraordinarily difficult time," Obama said in a statement.

奧巴馬在一次聲明中說：”米歇爾和我對科羅拉多州可怕的槍擊案感到震驚和悲痛。我們一直在響應聯邦和地方法律的實施，我的政府將在這個極其困難的時刻，盡一切我們所能支持奧羅拉人民。

"We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuringthe safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded," he added.  

“我們堅決將任何該承擔這一責任的人繩之以法，以確保我們人民的安全，並關心那些傷者。”他補充道。