Hospitals throughout the Denver metropolitan area treated dozens of people, many of them seriously injured, after a mass shooting Friday in theaters.
The youngest of children, injured a 4-month-old, were treated and released from the hospital.
Ten people were killed in a theater in Aurora, and two died later in hospital, officials said. Another 58 people were wounded in the massacre.
Among the dead were candidates for Colorado sports reporter in his mid 20's, according to a statement from his sister.
"Jessica (Ghawi) indeed died from injuries sustained in the shooting," Jordan said in his blog Ghawi, citing the coroner's office.
The victim's family was not notified on Friday because there is still an active investigation at the scene, Aurora police said.
Patricia Legarreta, who went to the movies with his fiancee, 4-month-old baby and 4-year-old daughter, crying, remembering what happened.
Legarreta, who suffered leg injuries, said she took her son and daughter and headed for the door. "There are times where I drew my child tripped him and I just dragged him and I just think that we just have to get out .."
Legarreta and his fiancee, Jamie Rohrs, then talk about their plight on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."
"I'm trying to get out of the way but the people who fell beside me, but I'm fine, think this is it," said Rohrs.
In the chaos, a couple who recently moved to Colorado from New Mexico, became separated. Rohrs finally learned Legarreta and their children made it out of the theater.
At the hospital, the couple had an unexpected conversation.
"He went to the restroom and out," said Legarreta of Rohrs. "And he just looked at me and he said" I know this is not the time and place, but will you marry me? 'And I said,' yes. ' Going through 10 minutes thinking he was dead and I'll never see it again, you do not want that feeling again. "
The wounded were treated at five medical centers. CNN can not explain the 58 injured from a list provided by the officials. Hospitals provide the account Friday afternoon:
- University of Colorado Hospital had 23 patients, nine remained in critical condition. Ten patients were treated and released.
- Denver Health Medical Center received six patients. Three remained in fair condition and three acquitted. A patient was taken to the hospital later and was in fair condition.
- Colorado Children's Hospital said it had six wounded, ranging from critical to good. One patient had died.
- Swedish Medical Center has three patients in fair condition. A man of 19 years were treated and released.
- Parker Adventist Hospital treated and released two patients.
U.S. soldiers were among the victims in a shooting at the Century 16 movie theater, the Pentagon said Friday.
Department of Defense issued a statement saying the boaters were injured and another, known to be in the theater, is still missing. Two pilots were injured in the incident, he said.
Witnesses describe deadly shooting Friday as terrible and chaotic, while victims and their families try to cope after the bleed.
In the early hours of Friday morning, a police officer was seen carrying a young girl, described as bloody and motionless.
"I honestly can not think of the type of person who would intentionally hurt a little girl," said CNN affiliate Milano Alex goad. "I do not know who that little girl, but my heart goes out to them."
"I see at least four maybe five people limping, injured," said Milano. "What I see is a girl who pretty much covered in blood, and he has no wounds on his body that got me thinking the worst .."
"There was this one man crawling on all fours. There was a girl spitting blood," recalls Donovan Tate to CNN affiliate KCNC. "There were bullet holes in the back of some people, some of those arms."
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