This first tweet caught my attention yesterday, since it practically explodes with a stunning lack of self-awareness and irony by itself, but especially because of the almost stream-of-consciousness tweetriver of far-right outrageous outrage that preceded it:
That IS ghoulish! Oh, wait…
UGH, indeed. It never fails to amuse me that Malkin named her website “twitchy” — a word that perfectly describes everything about her.
I can’t imagine…
ABC News: A California woman who identified herself as the mother of James Holmes, the 24-year-old man federal authorities said is the suspect in a mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, told ABC News her son was likely the culprit, saying, “You have the right person.” The woman, contacted at her home in San Diego, spoke briefly with ABC News and immediately expressed concern her son may be involved in the shooting death of at least 12 people overnight. “You have the right person,” she said, apparently speaking on gut instinct. “I need to call the police… I need to fly out to Colorado.”
This is horrible, tragic.
I’m about 50 miles from Aurora. If you’re wondering, Columbine is in a different suburb of Denver — in Littleton, which is about 18 miles from Aurora.
“AURORA — Fourteen people were killed and about 50 were injured early Friday when shots rang out at an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie. A 24-year-old suspect in is custody and an apartment building in north Aurora connected to the suspect was being evacuated and searched for possible explosives, according to Police Chief Dan Oates.” — 14 killed, 50 wounded at Aurora movie theater – The Denver Post
24-years-old?
“He looked so calm when he did it. It was like scary. He waited for both the bombs to explode before he did anything. Then, after both of them exploded, he began to shoot.” – Eyewitness from Aurora, Colo., theater shooting during showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” last night. (via: joshsternberg)
President Obama’s Statement on Aurora Shooting
Eyewitness tells @todayshow that gunman was dressed in SWAT-like outfit, methodically shot people as they tried to exit room
RT @9NEWS: University Hospital confirms the youngest patient admitted from #theatershooting is 3 months old. We have not… http://t.co/LnbsT2Kg
CNN: The heavily armed suspect, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was apprehended by police in a rear parking lot of the theater, Frank Fania, a police spokesman, told CNN. The suspect was not immediately identified, though Fania said he was believed to be in his early 20s. ”He did not resist. He did not put up a fight,” Fania said. Police seized a rifle and a handgun from the suspect, and another gun was found in the theater, he said.
Aurora Police responded to a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday morning, July 20, 2012. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
See more photos at the Denver Post
