Update: Shots Fired Auroro Colorado Hostage Situation-- 4 Dead;Gunman Killed

UPDATE: Three people were discovered dead inside a home in Aurora following a barricade situation Saturday morning.

Police entering the home shot and killed the gunman after hours of failed negotiation attempts.

At 3 a.m., Aurora Police sent out emergency notifications for residents near the 16000 block of East Ithaca Place. Several nearby homes were evacuated for safety reasons. readmorehere

News sources are reporting that SWAT and law enforcement agencies are working a hostage situation in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora is notorious for the deadly  movie theater shooting in July, as well as the Columbine s

On Friday, July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside of a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.^[2] The sole suspect is James Eagan Holmes, who was arrested outside the cinema minutes later. MORE

 

 

Thirteen years after Columbine, murder and mass mahem still rise up out of the shadows and take lives.

Today’s hostage taking in Aurora is another in a long line of mass killing and murder in the city.  According to local media, the situation began in the middle of the night when police responded to a report of shots fired at a townhouse. More than 40 officers responsed to “an armed and dangerous man” who was reportedly inside the residence holding as many as four adults hostage. 

At least one person has reportedly been injured after being hit by flying glass after a window was shot out. READMOREHERE