sow panic
GP先輩のfollow-upです。あのColumbine High Schoolからさほど遠くない街で起きた今回の乱射事件もまた，「銃社会アメリカ」の悲しい現実と無関係ではないと思います。
文中のsow panicという表現は初めて見ました。sowというともっぱら「種をまく」と公式的に覚えていましたが，ここのsowは「引き起こす」，つまりinviteと同じ意味で用いられています。（Minnesota）
14 killed, 50 wounded at shooting during 'Dark Knight Rises' premiere at Denver cinema
WORLD JUL. 20, 2012 - 08:10PM JST ( 29 )
DENVER —
At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema premiere of the latest Batman movie in the U.S. state of Colorado, police and media said.
Witnesses interviewed by local media described a scene of chaos at the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” saying the gunman had set off tear gas bombs and opened fire in the packed theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver.
“Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister,” said Aurora police chief Dan Oates. “They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire.”
Ten people were killed at the scene and another four died later at local hospitals, he said, adding that police had arrested the alleged gunman and that there was “no evidence” of a second, after earlier reports of two shooters.
Oates said the suspect had claimed to have explosives at his residence and that the apartment complex where he lived had been evacuated and was being searched.
Police spokesman Frank Fania told CNN the suspect was in his 20s, wearing body armor and armed with a rifle and two handguns, adding that he had set off some kind of smoke device in order to sow panic.
Witnesses described chaos chillingly similar to that depicted in the Batman films—in which maniacal villains terrorize Gotham City—suggesting the movie could have inspired the shooting spree.
They said several audience members had shown up in costumes, which could have allowed the gunman to blend in with the melee and complicated the arrest.
Police did not provide details about the killed and wounded, but the PG-13 film would have attracted scores of teenagers.
