Video reveals chaos in aftermath of Colorado shooting

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Police are search an apartment building at 17th and Paris streets where the suspect apparently lived. (Courtesy: KGMH-TV)
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Posted: 07/20/2012

AURORA, Colo. - Cell phone video purportedly taken in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater reveals horrified witnesses watching as apparent victims are carried away from the scene.

The blare of a fire alarm is heard in the video posted online by the Denver Post that you can see here .

In it one woman asks, "Why don't they have an ambulance?" Another woman responds that ambulances are across the street. The original woman replies, "But why don't they have paramedics over here?"

| Watch LIVE coverage of the shooting here |

Police say the gunman opened fire after throwing a canister that erupted in smoke in a theater at a multiplex in Aurora. Police say he is in custody.

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