6-year-old girl confirmed to have been killed in Colorado theater shootings
As victims and relatives began to return Saturday to the theater where a gunman killed 12 people in Aurora, Colo., a 6-year-old girl was confirmed to have been among the victims.
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Veronica Moser, 6, died in the shooting rampage Friday morning, her great-aunt, Annie Dalton, told NBC News.
Fifty-eight other people were injured in the shootings. Twenty-eight remained in area hospitals Saturday afternoon, seven of them in critical condition. James Eagan Holmes, 24, a graduate student at the University of Colorado-Denver, was arrested outside the theater, clad in black body armor and armed with three weapons.
Veronica's mother, Ashley Moser, 25, was shot in the throat and the abdomen. She remains paralyzed in critical condition and hasn't been told of her daughter's death, Dalton said.
"This is just a nightmare right now," Dalton said. "It's a nightmare.
"Eveything's surreal. It's just surreal."
People who attended the midnight screening of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" were allowed to return to the theater Saturday to retrieve their automobiles, which were left behind during the evacuation and subsequent investigation. Some of them left flowers and flags as tributes.
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Military authorities identified two victims Saturday, confirming that Petty Officer Third Class John Larimer, 27, Air Force reservist Jesse Childress, 29, assigned to the 310th Force Support Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, died from their injuries sustained in the shootings.
The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office confirmed the identities of 11 fatalaties and tentatively confirmed the 12th who died in the shooting rampage and its aftermath.
In Colorado and across the country, friends and family members of missing moviegoers anxiously awaited word on their loved ones, hoping for good news but fearing the worst.
The final bodies were removed from the theater a little after 5 p.m. Friday (7 p.m. ET), Aurora police chief Dan Oates said. He said police met with about 70 family members and friends to give an accounting of bodies that had been identified.
Police said families of the dead were being notified Friday night.
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Survivors said gunman was calm and purposeful as he opened fire from the front of the theater about 12:39 a.m. (2:39 a.m. ET).
"He shot once, and it just lit up the theater," said Pierce O'Farrill, who was attending the film with a friend. O'Farrill was wounded in the shoulder and the leg, and friend was also shot. Both are expected to survive.
After barely escaping a mall shooting last month, aspiring sports reporter Jessica Ghawi did not survive the theater shooting. Her brother spoke to reporters about her remarkable spirit. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
"He cocked and shot again," O'Farrill said. "At that moment, I grabbed my buddy, and we just hit the deck you know. I said, 'Get down! We have to get down!' And so I just buried my head down just in the aisle and just started to pray."
M. Alex Johnson is a reporter for NBC News. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Veronica Moser, 6, died in the shooting rampage Friday morning, her great-aunt, Annie Dalton, told NBC News.
Fifty-eight other people were injured in the shootings. Twenty-eight remained in area hospitals Saturday afternoon, seven of them in critical condition. James Eagan Holmes, 24, a graduate student at the University of Colorado-Denver, was arrested outside the theater, clad in black body armor and armed with three weapons.
Veronica's mother, Ashley Moser, 25, was shot in the throat and the abdomen. She remains paralyzed in critical condition and hasn't been told of her daughter's death, Dalton said.
"This is just a nightmare right now," Dalton said. "It's a nightmare.
"Eveything's surreal. It's just surreal."
People who attended the midnight screening of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" were allowed to return to the theater Saturday to retrieve their automobiles, which were left behind during the evacuation and subsequent investigation. Some of them left flowers and flags as tributes.
Victims of Colo. shooting include sailor, aspiring sportscaster
The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office confirmed the identities of 11 fatalaties and tentatively confirmed the 12th who died in the shooting rampage and its aftermath.
In Colorado and across the country, friends and family members of missing moviegoers anxiously awaited word on their loved ones, hoping for good news but fearing the worst.
The final bodies were removed from the theater a little after 5 p.m. Friday (7 p.m. ET), Aurora police chief Dan Oates said. He said police met with about 70 family members and friends to give an accounting of bodies that had been identified.
Police said families of the dead were being notified Friday night.
Stay informed with the latest headlines; sign up for our newsletter
Survivors said gunman was calm and purposeful as he opened fire from the front of the theater about 12:39 a.m. (2:39 a.m. ET).
"He shot once, and it just lit up the theater," said Pierce O'Farrill, who was attending the film with a friend. O'Farrill was wounded in the shoulder and the leg, and friend was also shot. Both are expected to survive.
After barely escaping a mall shooting last month, aspiring sports reporter Jessica Ghawi did not survive the theater shooting. Her brother spoke to reporters about her remarkable spirit. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
"He cocked and shot again," O'Farrill said. "At that moment, I grabbed my buddy, and we just hit the deck you know. I said, 'Get down! We have to get down!' And so I just buried my head down just in the aisle and just started to pray."
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