Posted Jan 05, 2013
By Four people were killed this morning including a gunman who held police at bay for several hours in an Aurora townhome. Aurora SWAT team members shot the gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired a gun at police. The gunman fatally shot two men and a woman, police say. One woman jumped from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. The woman told police officers that she saw three “lifeless” bodies in the home. The woman was not injured by the jump or by gunshots. The identities of the victims and the gunmen have not been released.
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By Four people were killed this morning including a gunman who held police at bay for several hours in an Aurora townhome. Aurora SWAT team members shot the gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired a gun at police. The gunman fatally shot two men and a woman, police say. One woman jumped from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. The woman told police officers that she saw three “lifeless” bodies in the home. The woman was not injured by the jump or by gunshots. The identities of the victims and the gunmen have not been released.
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A woman is consoled by a young man at the scene of shooting at 16005 Ithaca Place in Aurora Saturday afternoon. The bodies of four people, including a gunman are dead at the scene following a standoff situation early Saturday morning. The Denver Post/ Andy Cross
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Murder scene near the intesection of Ithica Pl. and Kittredge in Aurora Saturday morning. Four poeple were killed including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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Police work at the scene where a gunman killed four people at a townhome complex near Ithica Place and Kittredge Street in Aurora Saturday morning. Four poeple were killed including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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An Aurora, Colorado police officer packs up tactical gear used to subdue a gunman who killed four people at a town home complex January 5, 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora SWAT team members shot a gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired at police. The gunman also allegedly fatally shot two men and a woman that he had taken hostage. One woman managed to escape from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
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Police respond to the scene of a barricaded man, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 in Aurora, Colo. Four people, including an armed suspect, died during an hours-long police standoff Saturday at a Colorado townhome, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Andy Cross)
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Bullet holes in the second story window at 16005c Ithica, a murder scene, in Aurora Saturday morning. Four poeple were killed including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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A neighbor takes in the scene at a town home where four people were killed Saturday morning including the gunman who held police at bay for several hours at the complex January 5, 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora SWAT team members shot a gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired at police. The gunman also allegedly fatally shot two men and a woman that he had taken hostage. One woman managed to escape from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
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An evidence marker next to a round of ammunition in the street in front of a town home where four people were killed Saturday morning including the gunman who held police at bay for several hours at the complex January 5, 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora SWAT team members shot a gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired at police. The gunman also allegedly fatally shot two men and a woman that he had taken hostage. One woman managed to escape from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
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Friends and neighbors react outside a townhouse complex following an overnight hostage-taking incident in Aurora, Colorado January 5, 2013. Four people died including the gunman according to police reports after several hours of failed police negotiations when the gunman barricaded himself at the home with hostages in the same town where a man shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more at a movie theatre last July. REUTERS/Evan Semon
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Police continue their investigation outside of a home following an overnight hostage-taking incident in Aurora, Colorado January 5, 2013. Four people died including the gunman according to police reports after several hours of failed police negotiations after the gunman barricaded himself at the home with hostages in in the same town where a man shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more at a movie theatre last July. REUTERS/Evan Semon
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A police officer stands watch in front of a broken out window in a town home where four people were killed Saturday morning including the gunman who held police at bay for several hours at the complex January 5, 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora SWAT team members shot a gunman after he went to a second-floor window and fired at police. The gunman also allegedly fatally shot two men and a woman that he had taken hostage. One woman managed to escape from an upstairs back window, ran from the home and called police just before 3 a.m., said Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
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Police work at the murder scene near the intesection of Ithica Place and Kittredge in Aurora Saturday morning. Four people were shot and killed earlier in the day, including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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Murder scene near the intesection of Ithica Pl. and Kittredge in Aurora Saturday morning. Four poeple were killed including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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Murder scene near the intesection of Ithica Pl. and Kittredge in Aurora Saturday morning. Four poeple were killed including the shooter. Andy Cross, The Denver Post
