Theater shooting unfolds in real time on social media

Theater shooting unfolds in real time on social media

Batman and his enemy on bioskop . haha.The posts show how quickly life can change.

"Everyones dressing up as Batman, im going dressed as Bruce Wayne... Albeit a short stubby unsexy Bruce Wayne #CouldntFindBatmanMaskInTime," wrote one Twitter user, identified online as Zach Eastman.

"Going to see the final batman tonight! So EXCITED!!!" wrote another Twitter user, @DjaylaRene.

And, in hindsight, most chillingly: "Of course we're seeing Dark Knight ... people should never argue with me."

Gunman kills 12 in Colorado theater shooting

 Photos: Colorado movie theater massacre

Those posts surfaced before the shootings early Friday morning at a late-night showing in Aurora, Colorado, of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," in which 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured. All three people who were quoted above appear to have been in the theater complex when a heavily armed gunman opened fire on moviegoers, according to police.

The third post appears to be from Jessica Ghawi, who was reported dead in the shooting. Ghawi was a former sports-news intern at a television station in San Antonio, according to that station, Fox 29. "It's true, my former intern Jessica Ghawi was a victim in the shootings last night. She used @JessicaRedfield as her twitter handle," wrote a Twitter user identified as Mike Taylor.

In the hours after the shooting, her friend mourned her death in real time.