‘Every few seconds it was just boom, boom, boom’

“There were bullet casings just falling on my head, burning my forehead. Every few seconds it was just boom, boom, boom.”

‘Every few seconds it was just boom, boom, boom’

The US is today coming to terms with its latest mass shooting tragedy, after a much anticipated escape from daily life turned into a nightmare straight out of a Hollywood script.

At least 12 people were killed and 59 others — including a three-month-old — injured after a heavily-armed man, who told police he was “the Joker”, opened fire during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises.

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