Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching frantically for his son Alex

Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching frantically for his son Alex Sullivan Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)

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Family members looking for Colo. shooting victims

12 people killed, at least 50 wounded in shooting

Updated: Friday, 20 Jul 2012, 1:58 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 20 Jul 2012, 8:01 AM EDT

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Family members are showing up at a suburban Denver high school where witnesses to a mass shooting at a movie theater were taken.

Photos: Mass shooting at Colo. movie theater

Tom Sullivan arrived at Gateway High School in Aurora Friday morning with a photo of his son, Alex, and was asking reporters if they'd seen him.

Byron Settles was at the high school looking for his nephew, Tyrell Hardiman. Settles says it's unusual because Hardiman was supposed to be at work but wasn't.

At least 12 people were killed and about 50 were being treated at Denver area hospitals after the shooting at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora.

Police arrested a man who lives about four miles away.

Colo. doctors treating rifle and buckshot wounds

One of the hospitals that took victims from a movie theater shooting that killed at least 12 and injured 50 is treating gunshot wounds from a high-powered rifle and buckshot wounds.

Children's Hospital Colorado emergency room physician Dr. Guy Upshaw says he thinks the buckshot likely came from a shotgun, but the small, metal pellets can also come from explosive devices.

Six people were brought to Children's, ranging from 6 to 31 years, and one has since died.

Two were shot by a rifle, three had buckshot wounds and one was injured by shrapnel.

A federal law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation said the gunman had an assault rifle, a shotgun and two pistols.

4-month-old injured

At least 12 people were killed and about 50 were being treated at Denver area hospitals after a shooting at a midnight showing of Batman, the youngest a 4-month-old baby who has been released.

Twenty-two people were at University of Colorado Hospital, including the baby, for gunshot and shrapnel wounds.

Many victims being treated in at least six hospitals were under 40, including a 6-year-old taken to Children's Hospital Colorado. The oldest reported patient is 45.

Besides gunshot wounds, some patients at the Medical Center of Aurora were treated for chemical exposure, most likely from tear gas. Patients there ranged from 16 to 31.

An emergency room doctor at the University of Colorado Hospital says the scene was chaotic, with patients dropped off by police cars, ambulances and regular cars.

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