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Four die in shooting in Aurora, Colorado | Four die in shooting in Aurora, Colorado |
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Four people have been found dead following a shooting incident that triggered a stand-off with police in Aurora, in the US state of Colorado. | Four people have been found dead following a shooting incident that triggered a stand-off with police in Aurora, in the US state of Colorado. |
Police say they went to a home after shots were heard there overnight. | Police say they went to a home after shots were heard there overnight. |
Officers later entered the home. After a gunfight they found the suspect dead, along with three people apparently killed earlier, police say. | Officers later entered the home. After a gunfight they found the suspect dead, along with three people apparently killed earlier, police say. |
Aurora was the scene of a mass shooting in July, in which a gunman killed 12 people at a cinema complex. | Aurora was the scene of a mass shooting in July, in which a gunman killed 12 people at a cinema complex. |
He opened fire at random during the premiere of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises. Suspect James Eagan Holmes is currently being tried on murder charges. | |
In Saturday's incident, police said the suspect barricaded himself at the home for five hours before police moved in. | |
They say it is not clear whether officers shot the gunman or whether he shot himself. |