Police Increase Patrols at Cinemark Theater in Robinson

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 more than 50 movie-goers. 

Authorities in the town of Aurora, CO, 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. More than 50 were injured. 

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

That's not enough to get Bob Batina of Leetsdale to see the movie in a theater anytime soon. Batina, 62, whose nickname was "Batman" in high school, said he's a Batman fan, but plans to wait until the mania fizzles out before seeing the summer blockbuster.

"I remember they had a shooting at the Lowe's movie theater," Batina said, referring to the fatal 2005 shooting at the Loews Cineplex at The Waterfront in West Homestead. "It's scary," he said. 

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. 

The closest theater for  and  residents is Rave Motion Pictures Pittsburgh North 11, 9700 McKnight Road, McCandless. The theater manager, and corporate representatives of Rave in Dallas, Texas were unavailable for comment about any additional security. No comment, as of yet, from McCandless police. 

Click here for coverage of the Colorado massacre.

Police have identified the shooter as James Holmes, who grew up in the San Diego area. Click here for coverage from our San Diego Patches.

Click here for coverage of the president's statement on the Aurora shooting.

Click here for a story that includes information about Cinemark theaters in the Pittsburgh area at Pittsburgh Mills, Monaca and Robinson Township.

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