Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Maine, had been stopped for speeding, and a
police search of his car found an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns,
ammunition and news clippings about the mass shooting that left 12 people
dead early on Friday, authorities said.
In southern California, a man at a Sunday afternoon showing of the film was
arrested after witnesses said he made threats and alluded to the Colorado
shooting when the film did not start.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to a cinema complex in
Norwalk after moviegoers said 52-year-old Clark Tabor shouted: “I
should go off like in Colorado.” They said he then asked: “Does
anybody have a gun?”
A security guard saw Tabor with a backpack on his knees in the second row, but
deputies who searched the bag, the theatre and its surrounding area did not
find any weapon.
Despite some jitters over the horrific shooting, moviegoers around the US
still flocked to cinemas to see the film, which was the final instalment of
the phenomenally successful Batman trilogy.
Warner Bros. reported that it brought in $160.9 million over the weekend,
making it the third highest opening weekend ever, after “The Avengers”
and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.”
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