The Dark Knight Rises - The Shooting

1. Legal and ethical considerations
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

2. ABOUT THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
• The dark knight was directed by Christopher Nolan.
• It’s part of the film series: Dark Knight Trilogy.
• The initial release date was the 16th July 2012, in New York City.
• Christian Bale played Batman.
• Anne Hathaway played Catwoman.
• Tom Hardy played Bane.

3. THE PLOT
• It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with
Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming
responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for
what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival
of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named
Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be
able to win.

4. THE SHOOTING
• On July 20th 2012, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises, there was a mass
shooting inside of a Century movie theatre in Aurora Colorado.
• The gunman was dressed in tactical clothing, he set of tear gas grenades and then shot into the
audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others.
• The main suspect, James Eagan Holmes, was arrested in his car parked outside of the cinema
several minutes later.
• This shooting was the deadliest shooting in Colorado since the Columbine High School massacre in
1999, and it has had the largest number of casualties of any shooting in U.S. history.
• Prior to the shooting, the suspect had rigged his apartment with explosives, which were defused by
a bomb squad a day after the shooting.
• Because of the shooting there was an increase in security at movie theatres across the U.S. that
were screening the same film, in fear of copycat incidents. It also led to a spike in gun sales in
Colorado.
• Holmes admitted to being the shooter but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Arapahoe County
prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Holmes. The trial began on April 27th 2015.