Names Of Victims Emerge In Colorado Theater Rampage

The Air Force says a reservist was among the victims killed in the shootings at a Colorado movie theater.

Saturday, July 21st 2012, 4:22 pm

By: News 9


The Air Force says a reservist was among the victims killed in the shootings at a Colorado movie theater.

An Air Force statement released Saturday said 29-year-old Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress was among the 12 killed when a gunman opened fire early Friday in a crowded theater in Aurora, Colo.

Childress was a cyber-systems operator at Buckley Air Force Base.

The Air Force says another reservist was treated and released after being wounded at the shootings.

Twelve people who died in the Colorado movie shooting have been identified by the Arapahoe County coroner:

 

--Jessica Ghawi, 24, of Denver; aspiring sports journalist
   
--Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, whose mother is critically injured
   
--Matt McQuinn, 27, of Denver; technical support provider
   
--Alex Sullivan, 27, of Aurora; worked at Red Robin restaurant
   
-- Micayla Medek, 23, of Westminster, Colo.; student at Aurora Community College
   
--John Larimer, 27, of Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.; Navy cryptologist

--Jesse Childress, 29, of Thornton, Colo.; Air Force cyber-systems operator

--Gordon W. Cowden, 51, of Aurora; small-business owner and father of two teens

--Jonathan T. Blunk, 26, of Aurora; worked at a hardware store, served five years in the U.S. Navy.

--Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32, of Aurora; customer relations representative at a mobile medical imaging company

--Alexander C. Teves, 24, of Phoenix; earned master's degree in counseling psychology in June from University of Denver
   
--Alexander J. Boik, 18; incoming first-year student at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design who planned to become an art teacher

 
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