Names of victims emerge in Colorado theater rampage
AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- Military officials say they're planning memorials for two members of the U.S. Armed Forces killed in a movie theater shooting in Colorado.
The Arapahoe County coroner has identified 27-year-old Navy sailor John Larimer and 29-year-old Air Force Reservist Jesse Childress, 29, as two of the 12 killed.
Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Jakuboski says Larimer was a Navy cryptologist at nearby Buckley Air Force Base. Jakuboski says four other sailors were at the theater, including one who was injured and treated at the scene.
Larimer's family says they're working with the Navy to take his body back home to Crystal Lake, Ill.
Air Force Capt. Andrew Williams says Childress, of Thornton, Colo., was a cyber-systems operator based at Buckley. Another Air Force airman from the base was wounded during the shooting.
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AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado authorities have released the names of all 12 victims killed in a fatal movie shooting.
The Arapahoe County coroner's office list includes eight males and four females, the youngest being a 6-year-old girl.
All died of gunshot wounds sustained during an early Friday shooting rampage at a crowded Aurora theater.
One of the 12 has been tentatively identified and is awaiting final identification.
The victims' families were previously notified and some identified their relatives as victims, but the list released Saturday is the first official confirmation from authorities.
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AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- The Air Force says a reservist was among the victims killed in the shootings at a Colorado movie theater.
An Air Force statement released Saturday said 29-year-old Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress was among the 12 killed when a gunman opened fire early Friday in a crowded theater in Aurora, Colo.
Childress was a cyber-systems operator at Buckley Air Force Base.
The Air Force says another reservist was treated and released after being wounded at the shootings.
Colorado authorities have not released the names of those killed in the shootings, but relatives and employers have identified seven so far.
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