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A NIGHT OF HORROR

SATURDAY July 21, 2012 BREAKING NEWS: nj.com/south

Gloucester CountyTimes

115th year: No. 147 n Copyright 2012 Gloucester County Times n Woodbury, N.J. n SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS

POWERING

COLORADO MOVIE THEATER MASSACRE

Shooting suspect James Holmes is shown in a photo

provided by the Uni-versity of Colorado.

Officials said he was in a neuroscience

Ph.D. program.

Shooting at theater felt across country

County patrons shake off massacre

Above, Tom Sullivan (center) embraces fam-

ily members outside Gateway High School where he was search-

ing frantically for his son Alex Sullivan,

who was killed while celebrating his 27th

birthday at the Aurora, Colo., theater where a

gunman opened fire. At right, People gather out-side the shooting scene at the Century 16 movie

theater early Friday morning.

Associated Press Photos

Julia and Rena from the band Cherri Bomb per-form at the 2012 Vans Warped Tour at the Susquehan-na Bank Center on Friday evening. For a gallery from the show, go to nj.com/gloucester/photos

Staff Photo by Tim Hawk

SWAT trainer: Right steps increase survival odds MOREINSIDE

n Theater security at issue.

n Suspect recalled. Page A-7.

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WOODBURY

n Spree in Aurora, Colo., kills 12, wounds 58n Alleged gunman's apartment booby-trappedn Suspect was in process of leaving Ph.D. program

By Jessica Bautista

nj.com/south

WOODBURY — RPM Development has been awarded the affordable housing funding it needed to proceed with the highly anticipated redevelopment of the historic and decay-ing G.G. Green Building.

The project was one of two affordable hous-

ing projects in Gloucester County to receive a por-tion of the $18.7 million in funds from Federal Low Income Housing Tax Cred-its.

“These funds will create housing opportunities that greatly benefit the lives of New Jersey’s hard work-ing families, seniors and special needs residents,”

Funding gained for Green project

(See GREEN, Page A-9)

CAMDEN

By Jim Six

nj.com/south

Shortly after the beginning of “The Dark Knight Rises” in a Colorado theater Friday morning, a heavily armed 24-

year-old, James Holmes, began raining devastation on the audience, tossing a gas grenade and opening fire to kill 12 and wound 58 people.

As people in Colorado attempt to deal with the horror

of the massacre, some wonder what they might have done in a similar situation.

Would you run? Crawl? Play dead?

“This is about as horrible a situation as a person or family

can encounter,” said Jim Phil-lips, of Williamstown, a retired Camden police lieutenant who served as a longtime SWAT trainer and tactical instructor.

(See SURVIVAL, Page A-9)

By Phil Davisnj.com/south

CAMDEN — Discarded beer cups thrown across the lawn, cigarette smoke and hairspray lingering in the air, and a mother with a baby stroller donning a tank top and jean shorts ready to head-bang to bands that only have thirty minutes to prove themselves.

These, alongside many other oddities like 12-year-olds with pink hair walking

Warped Tour rocking, but evolving

(See WARPED, Page A-5)

By Andy Polhamusnj.com/south

The day after the big-gest mass shooting in the history of the Unit-ed States, moviegoers in Gloucester County were unfazed by what many believe to be a freak occurrence.

Theaters in Deptford and Washington Town-ship had not substan-tially increased secu-rity Friday afternoon as fans flowed steadily to see the long-awaited final installment in the Batman film trilogy.

“I think it’s awful, but I’m not going to let it stop me from living my life,” said Mike Bram-ley, a student at Rowan University who lives in Glassboro.

His friends agreed.“I’m not going to stay

sitting in my house,” said Molly Scrabonia. “It seems like an isolat-ed incident.”

The shooting occurred just after midnight Fri-day night at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Inside a pre-miere screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a lone gunman entered through an exit door and opened fire on the audience. Investigators said Friday afternoon that they estimate 70 people were injured and 12 killed.

James Holmes, 24, is being held as a suspect in the shooting. He was found at the scene with (See REACTION, Page A-7)

By Thomas Peipert and P. Solomon Banda

Associated Press

AURORA, Colo. — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer’s most highly anticipated films.

But then, authorities said, he threw gas canisters that filled the packed suburban Denver theater with smoke, and, in the confusing haze between Hollywood fantasy and terrifying reality, opened fire as people screamed and dove for cover.

At least 12 people were killed and 58 wounded — 11 critically — in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.

“He looked like an assassin ready to go to war,” said Jordan Crofter, a moviegoer who was unhurt in the attack early Friday, about a half-hour after the special midnight opening of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

The gunman, identified by police as 24-year-old James Hol-mes, used a military-style semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, stopping only to reload.

(See SHOOTING, Page A-7)