4 arrests in separate "Dark Knight" incidents

A sign at the AMC Arapahoe Crossing 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., speaks to the heightened anxiety - and increased security - following last Friday's shootings at the Century 16, where 12 people were killed. / Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) At least 4 people have been arrested, accused in separate incidents of making threats during or after screenings of the new Batman movie, underscoring moviegoers' anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises."

In West Homestead, Pa., on Sunday patrons at the Waterfront movie complex ran for the exits after a fight broke out outside a restroom and a patron yelled "Bomb!"

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the fight began in a restroom when a child knocked on a stall door. Police said the man inside repeatedly told the boy there was someone inside, at which point the child swore at him.

The individual later confronted the boy's mother and then shoved or punched her. The woman's father then stepped into the confrontation, only to be bitten, police told CBS Station KDKA.

Police arrested the 51-year-old man, whose name was not released. He will be charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment.

Meanwhile, a scuffle between two women in the VIP section of an auditorium at the same multiplex led to a man running out shouting "Bomb!" That sparked panicked moviegoers to head for the exits. One person was taken to UPMC Mercy with a leg injury.

One patron told the paper that he doubted other moviegoers would have reacted with such fear were it not for Friday's shooting deaths in the Aurora theater. "It would've just been a fight at The Waterfront, which I'm sure has happened before," he said.

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Shooting rampage in Colo. theater

In Southern California Sunday, a man at an afternoon showing of "Dark Knight Rises" was arrested after witnesses said he made threats and alluded to the Colorado shooting when the movie didn't start.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to a cinema complex in Norwalk after moviegoers said 52-year-old Clark Tabor shouted: "I should go off like in Colorado." They said he then asked: "Does anybody have a gun?"

A security guard saw Tabor with a backpack on his knees in the second row, but deputies who searched the bag, the theater and its surrounding area did not find any weapon.

Tabor was being held on $50,000 bail.

Moviegoers in Sierra Visa, Ariz., panicked when a man who appeared intoxicated was confronted during a showing of the movie. The Cochise County Sheriff's office said it caused "mass hysteria," and about 50 people fled the theater.

Michael William Borboa, 27, was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, and threatening and intimidating.

And in Maine one man was arrested when he told authorities that he was on his way to shoot a former employer a day after watching "The Dark Knight Rises," state police said.

Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Me., had been stopped for speeding, and a police search of his car found an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the mass shooting that left 12 people dead early Friday, authorities said.

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Vigils for Aurora shooting victims

Despite some jitters over the horrific shooting, moviegoers around the U.S. still flocked to theaters to see the film, which was the final installment of the phenomenally successful Batman trilogy.

Warner Bros. reported that the movie brought in $160.9 million over the weekend, making it the third-highest opening weekend ever, after "The Avengers" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2," and the highest ever for a non-3-D movie.

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[MurdochSucks]

51-yr old man arrested for punching a woman after a confrontation. Hmmm, has anybody seen Dan on these comment boards yet today?

[ReckonedTruth]

yet again a bunch of LOONS copycats..all wanting to be important..its ASTOUNDING how STUPID PPL have become.. and i never understood why the Colorado shooter was not SHOT dead..when the PD rolled upon him..when those in handcuffs behind their back is shot dead in a NY minute..

[EmtFF10]

Because if the shooter did not pose a threat the the LEO & they shot him just outright, then society would be screaming for justice of the shooter. That is since he didnt have his day in court to plead insanity.

We all know how that works, if the shooter is alive then everyone wants him/her dead asap, however if the LEO would have shot him/her outright then they (LEOs) would be suspended pending investigation & so forth. It appears he was no longer a threat to the LEOs at that moment.

[ReckonedTruth]

I'm aware of what you stated..still doesn't explain how those with their hands cuffed are shot dead..who aren't a threat at all at that point..but it still happens and in some cases ruled in a court of law justified

furthermore.. he is NOT criminally insane..I'm sure that's going to be his defense..and if that flys? Shame on the jurors..and don't
give me this CRAP your innocent until proven guilty? Not in this case as far as I'm concerned..this was premedicated by the shooter at least two months if not longer in the making..

[jwilsonte5]

Not to menchion this trashes name we start to move to a place were sounding like sercert police.. The news media is to blame glamorize this with all the he looks mental crap he looks like a bit-h who did not want to see the loved ones of people he murdered and assualted nothing more not on meds jail not allowed unless had them with him he is closing his eyes realizing maybe this was not what he though was going to be like may even be in trama end of day hes nothing but a piece of trash but the medis wants a bigger stort!!REFER TO HIM AS TRASH!!

[wordwrkr]

Holy smokes, dude. Get some remedial writing training, STAT!

[EmtFF10]

Copycat moves is what these people are attempting to do. A 51 y.o.m goes after the child's mother? Come on now, this guy could have simply walked away from the matter & left it at that.

[baileycccc]

And so it goes...........................

[bobnjersey]

[Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Me., had been stopped for speeding, and a police search of his car found an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the mass shooting that left 12 people dead early Friday, authorities said.]
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no doubt he was just taking his arsenal out for a nice drive ... which is his constitutional right ... as a member of the local militia.

[two-cats]

Batman mania...incredible!

[guyfrompa46]

Omega .. You're A fing moron.

[yelobrikroad]

This forum needs an enema!

[newz4me]

No masks, props? Imagine if the sign added: no guns. The NRA would rally a march for the movies.

[hsinco-2009]

True that!