Christopher Rapoza, who lives in Bed-Stuy, was inside the Aurora movie theater when gunfire erupted. He was grazed in the back by a bullet. Fortunately, he is expected to recover but twelve other theatergoers weren’t as fortunate. He used Facebook to notify his friends that he’d been shot but that he was alright.
The New York Police Department released the following statement in the aftermath of the shooting at the Aurora, Colorado movie theater, which killed 12 people and injured dozens. The killer was a 24-year-old man. The film was a midnight showing of the new Batman movie.
“As a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons in the wake of the horrendous shooting in Colorado, the New York City Police Department is providing coverage at theaters where the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is playing in the five boroughs.”