Batman cinema shooting survivor shows her bullet wounds - and demands killer dies for the atrocity
; A8 K" i* P5 f& o% m7 P( N3 ~0 `- Carli Richards, 22, was shot on her right arm, both of her legs, chest, back and rear with a shotgun by James Holmes during a Batman screening
- Holmes, 24, was charged with 142 murders and attempted murders on Monday
- If he's found guilty of first degree murder, he faces the death penalty by lethal injection
By Jill Reilly
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; T' E+ o1 I6 d3 S. Y$ j( W3 eTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。A 22-year-old woman who suffered dozens of shotgun wounds when Batman shooter James Holmes opened fire in a cinema has posted a shocking photo of her injuries.os.tvboxnow.com% k y9 g8 o4 o, B
; ]! [' P% L0 D) L+ T- {, E0 MCarli Richards, was shot on her right arm, both of her legs, chest, back and rear by James Holmes, 24, during his shooting rampage at a midnight screening of the Dark Knight Rises.
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1 ^- }0 \( }8 e, qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbToday she called for the death penalty for Holmes, saying 'I think death by firing squad would be totally justified ... Just injecting him is painless.'公仔箱論壇, t+ d% e, j( P5 o$ D
Miss Richards had been in Century 16 cinema with her boyfriend Chris Townson when Holmes started the horrifying massacre in Aurora, Colorado. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# b* m. R+ K6 a' E! l
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Scarred: Carli Richards shows her wounds after she was shot by James Holmes during a late-night showing of the Dark Knight Rises
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'I had enough needles in me that night to know that a needle isn't that bad. I want him to see what it feels like ... I wish someone would shoot him and let him bleed out,' she told TMZ.
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8 @! X. y$ W( g$ w: _& i& g3 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'He shot me with stuff they use to shoot birds and deer. I want him to feel what it's like to feel that helpless,' she added.
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3 u8 c) Z5 W1 o6 ^+ s8 R+ K公仔箱論壇In a blog entry she described how she thought that when Holmes entered the screening that it was a promotional stunt. 8 T8 a$ u0 R" E
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9 x" G8 j+ o% d- O2 RRecovering: From left: Carli, her mother and boyfriend Chris
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9 O% z/ U6 m- Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHospital: ' I got back to my little ER room and was told that I had gotten hit in my right arm, both of my legs, my chest, my back, and my butt,' said Miss Richard on her blog TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* q1 Q( L# {" U( C! G3 |! V
% B/ I/ O% I( E公仔箱論壇Miss Richards had been wearing her father's 1980s-vintage Joker T-shirt, seated just off the left-hand aisle when the dark figure appeared at the front of the theater and tossed a gas canister.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ G: [' c) t+ Q4 P" d, N6 H4 _
8 n, X& T" l$ `, ^3 Z公仔箱論壇'I think I heard a weird popping noise and then a can or something came flying towards us. The girl next to me and I both swatted at it and it almost hit me in the face, it seemed. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。4 E4 K! M) M' L+ f' }
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'In a split second, I recognized that it was tear gas, meaning that this was either a bad joke or it wasn’t a joke at all and either way, it is time to run.'
$ n# i" @( X! T5 i% b- i ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe credits realising it was tear gas so quickly because both she and her boyfriend had trained with the U.S. navy. ) |& O5 p$ ~8 A3 j( v) z
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'The next second is a blur but according to Chris, I jumped over him to get out of the aisle and we both ran for our lives.'
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In the dock: Suspected Colorado shooter James Holmes appears confused while making his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County on July 2. His behavior in court earlier this week was said to have been similar
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% E3 X+ k8 }1 k, ]( P5 DThe Century 16 Theater where James Egan Holmes, 24, allegedly shot and killed 12 people and injured 58 in Aurora, Colorado
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, y3 E. d3 H8 q* H1 c, xos.tvboxnow.comVisitors pray together around a cross erected at a memorial setup across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on July 28, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado4 |5 I- U7 a1 L
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As adrenaline kicked in the pair sprinted out of the theatre and only stopped until they reached Mr Townson's car, parked about 100 yards away.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ U4 Q" K2 [9 C9 {; t1 ~/ w
Only then did Miss Richards touch the right sleeve of her blazer and notice that it was covered with blood. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ b ]; \2 ^! R+ @& Y
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8 V* E2 l1 ]- \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'My initial reaction to it was “it’s either fake or it’s someone else’s blood”. Suddenly, the pain began to sink in.'
5 t6 v, y0 \! Fos.tvboxnow.comMiss Richards was taken to hospital in an ambulance where she was treated for her wounds.
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'I got back to my little ER room and was told that I had gotten hit in my right arm, both of my legs, my chest, my back, and my butt.'6 v3 C* ]# U8 g( z( L
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( `$ a6 c( t6 P) dFace off: Victims and family of victims wearing Batman clothes arrive for the second court appearance of James Holmes, in Centennial, Colorado, where he was formally charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 premeditated murder
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# O" g4 {/ F( T; A: W; uDistraught: A family member of six-year-old Veronica Moser, the youngest victim of the theater shooting, arrives at the Arapahoe County Courthouse for the arraignment of accused theater gunman James Holmes
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0 _! a7 k: I) B* I5 y2 E4 _公仔箱論壇A victims advocate, left, escorts victims as they arrives for an arraignment for suspected theater shooter James Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colorado. Some were wearing Batman T shirts, right公仔箱論壇% O6 d: V2 m4 ?5 s/ U7 }$ {
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# T9 D+ {/ @, N( K: Wos.tvboxnow.comSurvivor: Rita Paulina, in a wheelchair, who was injured in the July 20 shooting, departs the Arapahoe County Courthouse after an arraignment hearing for accused theater shooter James Holmes
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Miss Richards wrote: 'All this meant to me was that this asshole really wanted to hurt and scare a lot of people. If his main mission was to kill, he would have gotten out the automatic weapon right away.'
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Yesterday Steven Hernandez, whose sister Rebecca Wingo was shot and killed, along with 11 other people during the massacre also called for the death penalty for Holmes.
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On Monday Holmes was formally charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the midnight screening of the Dark Knight Rises on July 20.6 ?+ T6 _. f/ C, l
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Both of the charges carry the death penalty as a possible sentence.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 a) t# @& }! _1 ~! D* e% ^
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Holmes was also charged with one count of possessing an explosive device and one count of violent crime.
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The suspect faces a total of 142 criminal charges. Prosecutors have 60 days to decide whether or not they are going to seek the death penalty. |