Robinson Police Increase Patrols at Settlers Ridge Theater

Robinson Police Chief Dale Vietmeier said his department will increase patrols at the Cinemark Theater in Settlers Ridge following a midnight shooting at a Colorado theater that killed 12 and wounded nearly 50 movie-goers. 

Authorities in the town of Aurora, Colorado said a 24-year-old gunman entered a midnight viewing of the newly released Batman movie Dark Knight Rises and shot to death 12 people. Another 50 were injured. 

Vietmeier said management at Cinemark contacted police this morning and requested additional supervision of the local theater. 

Robinson Police typically patrol Cinemark on weekends, but will now have officers present inside the building through Sunday, Vietmeier said. 

The theater has more than a dozen showings of the Christian Bale film scheduled for the weekend. 

Vietmeier said those who observe suspicious behavior at the theater should contact Robinson Police or theater management. 

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