CCW patron could have stopped Aurora shooter? Remember those CA bank robbers? [View all]

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Gunman Kills 12 in Colorado, Reviving Gun Debate

The gunman, wearing what Aurora Police Department officials described as nearly head-to-toe “ballistic gear,” including a throat protector and leggings, plus a gas mask and a long black coat, came in through a parking lot exit door near the screen of Theater 9.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/shooting-at-colorado-theater-showing-batman-movie.html

North Hollywood bank heist erupts in gunbattle; 6 civilians, 10 officers injured; 2 robbers killed: March 1, 1997
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Jaxon Van Derbeken and Jeannette DeSantis, Staff Writersdailynews.com

Armed with automatic weapons and body armor, two masked men robbed a North Hollywood bank Friday and then were killed trying to blast their way to freedom, spraying bullets into houses and cars as the world witnessed it live on television.

For five long hours, the heist gripped the east San Fernando Valley in terror, closing the Hollywood (170) Freeway, gridlocking North Hollywood streets, rerouting air traffic at Burbank Airport and shocking the city and nation with the naked brutality of these two robbers.

Nearly 350 heavily armed Los Angeles Police Department officers and FBI agents converged on the Bank of America branch near Laurel Plaza, trading shots with the two robbers. One was killed when his gun jammed. A second was badly wounded and bled to death in the street after trying to commandeer a pickup truck from a passing motorist who ran for his life.


http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16164852