Obituaries

Colorado Releases 12 Names of Victims

Names emerge from the massacre.

Colorado authorities have released the names of all 12 victims killed in the tragic movie theater incident in Aurora.

The Arapahoe County coroner's office list includes eight males and four females, the youngest being a 6-year-old girl according to a WRAL news report. Awaiting final identification, one of the 12 has only been tentatively identified.

All died of gunshot wounds sustained during an early Friday during the Batman, Dark Knight Rises movie.

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Saturday's release of names is a confirmation, but the victims' families were already notified and some identified their relatives as victims identified by their next-of-kin. 

Specific names and more testimonies from those inside the movie theater can be read here from the Indy Star news.

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