Special coverage of Colorado theater shooting

AURORA, Colo. (ABC 4 News) - Twelve people were killed and 58 were injured in a shooting in a suburban movie theater outside of Denver, Colorado.

The shooting occurred during a showing of the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" which had special midnight screenings across the country.

The violence erupted about 12:30 a.m. MDT as the gunman stood at the front of one of the Century 16 theaters at the Aurora Mall.

ABC 4's Chris Vanocur tweeted coverage of this developing story from his Twitter account.

UPDATES ARCHIVED AT 5:47pm 7/20/2012. Updates on Colorado theater shooting Chris Vanocur, ABC 4 - @cvan4 Reporting via Twitter. Going to go get ready for my 6pm story - what the presidential candidates are saying about the shootings. Thanks to all who followed today. 9 minutes ago MSNBC: Family and friends await word. (Includes link to Red Cross "Safe and Well" list) http://t.co/5XGOTthY 36 minutes ago ABC: Batman director reacts to Colo. shootings. http://t.co/02RsPOXB 50 minutes ago An international take on the Colo. shooting from the BBC: http://t.co/G9i6dfS0 about an hour ago POLITICO: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy reacts to Colo. shooting (Her husband was killed in mass murder). http://t.co/ILIn6zpJ about an hour ago Huffington Post: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reacts to Colo. shootings http://t.co/uFAauhsg about an hour ago Heartbreaking: The closest I have come all day to tears. http://t.co/u2HBjZe7 about an hour ago Helpful. AP piece on Colo. shooting. Basic Questions & Answers. http://t.co/5fl4G8dr @ktvx about 2 hours ago ABC News: How to talk to kids about Colo. tragedy. http://t.co/Xk19N5q5 @ktvx about 2 hours ago Reuters analysis on gun control laws. http://t.co/BV4JHKYA about 3 hours ago NY Times opinion piece by Roger Ebert. http://t.co/cB7kddBK about 3 hours ago Sometimes its the unexpected photo which gets you. http://t.co/nW9JSS7M about 4 hours ago NY Times: Overview. http://t.co/AT1JwDvI @ktvx about 4 hours ago ABC Overview: http://t.co/4NBG9Gqu about 4 hours ago Denver Post Editorial on shootings. http://t.co/sJaULZi3 @ ktvx about 4 hours ago CNN: overview with updated information. http://t.co/MxjMPw7i @ktvx about 4 hours ago Another update from Aurora later today. about 5 hours ago Police Chief: A lot of very smart bomb techs working at suspect's apartment. about 5 hours ago Aurora Police Chief: Suspect surrendered w/o incident. about 5 hours ago Chief: Suspect's apartment is booby trapped. about 5 hours ago Recent tweets can be attributed to Aurora Police Chief. about 5 hours ago Some shots penetrated theater next door. about 5 hours ago Says suspect acted alone. about 5 hours ago 12 killed, 59 injured. about 5 hours ago 71 people shot. about 5 hours ago Many rounds fired. about 5 hours ago Chief says within minutes cops were on scene. Caught suspect at back of theater near his car. @ktvx about 5 hours ago Aurora Police Chief talking now. about 5 hours ago ABC: At least 12 dead and 38 injured. @ktvx about 5 hours ago ABC up with a special report. You can watch it on ABC4. @ktvx about 5 hours ago Daily Beast: Horrifying first person account of Colo. shootings. http://t.co/OcYQVHi9 @ktvx about 6 hours ago LA Times profiles shooting suspect. http://t.co/xW76TJCK @ktvx about 6 hours ago WaPo: Security tightened at some theaters. http://t.co/Hdh61dZc @ktvx about 6 hours ago ABC & ABC 4 will have a special update on the Colo. shootings coming up in 45 minutes at noon on ABC 4. @ktvx about 6 hours ago NY Times: Live blog on shootings. http://t.co/cGXP46sU @ktvx about 6 hours ago NPR: Shootings & the movie industry. http://t.co/ZzL1uzZk @ktvx about 6 hours ago Very interesting CNN article about Colo. shooting at it unfolds on social media. http://t.co/bgqYHAQP @ktvx about 6 hours ago WaPo link to shooting coverage. http://t.co/XYmak9nY @ktvx about 7 hours ago Here are a couple of the hashtags I am following. #theatershootings #aurora @ktvx about 7 hours ago Reuters/KMGH - Live link to Colo. coverage. http://t.co/b78Dc2zv @ktvx about 7 hours ago National Journal: Text & video of President's statement on shootings. http://t.co/Ya0ToDB4 @ktvx about 7 hours ago Huffington Post: Info. on shooting suspect. http://t.co/CFnEdrMJ @ktvx about 7 hours ago POLITICO: Both presidential campaigns "pause" following Colo. shooting, http://t.co/a1OU6uUf @ktvx about 7 hours ago Here's one place to start: Link to Denver Post. http://t.co/NmqodMHq @ktvx about 7 hours ago cvan4 will be doing live tweets/updates all day long about Colo. shooting. Follow on Twitter and on http://t.co/5sw0IIdS @ktvx about 7 hours ago UPDATES ARCHIVED AT 5:47pm 7/20/2012.