Not the ideal situation to meet someone famous.

[Mr Hero]

My hotel is where the Batman shooting happened. In fact, that is the theater I sent guests to. Tonight we have members of the media out here to report. I recognize a few so far though I won't post names quite yet.

[Food Lady]

Shooting as in shooting a movie, or was there an incident? I ask because I haven't really watched TV for 2 weeks, but did happen to catch a snippent of the news saying something about police watching our local theater because of the movie. I thought that was weird. What's the deal with this movie?

[RealUnimportant]

Incident. Rampaging gunman... Over a dozen dead, more than 4 dozen hospitalised.

[Food Lady]

I remember when Colors came out. Well, I will have to check out the news. Ok I just checked the news and it doesn't seem like the shooting has anything to do with the movie. The randomness of the violence is distrubing. It makes me not want to go anywhere. Mr. Hero, I'm sorry you had to see this happen to your guests! How awful.

[Mr Hero]

It didn't happen to my guests. But I have sent guests to that theater in the past. I wasn't quite clear with how I worded the post. Sorry.

[KatherineB]

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but I hope no one from on here is any more closely affected by the incident than Mr Hero.

[Mr Hero]

I know one member from this site from my home city. I hope s/he is ok.

[FenigDurak]

I saw a list of the victims yesterday and breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't anyone I know personally. Then felt horribly guilty about being relieved. Then I saw some jerk had created a Facebook page posing as the shooter, posting pictures and comments as him, and wanted to vomit. I reported it to Facebook and they won't take it down.

Mr. Hero I am so sorry that this has happened so close to you. At least know the chances of anything bad happening in that vicinity in the near future are extremely low.

[Brojekk]

Most of the time things don't get to me. But when I read the part about the people that weren't able to escape the theater and they lost their lives...I got a little more than misty eyed.

[Merriweather]

Quoth FenigDurak

I saw a list of the victims yesterday and breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't anyone I know personally. Then felt horribly guilty about being relieved.

I know exactly what you mean. My daughter and son-in-law went that same night to the same movie - I felt so guilty over my first thought of how thankful I was that the gunman wasn't in their state.

Found out later a more distant family member had also gone to that movie - at a cinema just 20 minutes from the shooting.

I have to admit, I've shed a few tears over all of it, my heart aches for the families of the victims. The randomness and senselessness just makes it so very scary, as well.