Gunman wore a mask, 10 killed, 30-40 wounded in Aurora, Colorado mass shooting - @Reuters

DENVER, Colorado | Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:32am EDT

DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - A masked gunman shot dead 10 people and wounded 30 to 40 others at a showing of new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" at a movie theater in the U.S. city of Denver, local radio station KOA reported on Friday, citing witnesses.

The radio station said a figure in a gas mask had opened fire at the showing in a mall in the suburb of Aurora and set off a smoke or tear gas bomb. It said initial police estimates were of 30-40 injured.