Man shoots talker at movies, police say
(CNN) -- A man angry that a family was talking during a movie threw popcorn at the son and then shot the father in the arm, according to police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
James Joseph Cialella, 29, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons violations, a police report said.
Cialella told the family sitting in front of him in the theater on Christmas Day to be quiet, police said.
An argument ensued while others at the Riverview Movie Theatre watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Cialella then approached the family from the left side of the aisle and shot the father, who was not identified, as he was standing between Cialella and his family, according to the police report.
The victim was taken to Jefferson Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm, police said.
Cialella was carrying a Kel-Tec .380-caliber handgun clipped inside his sweatpants, police said. He was arrested and taken into custody.
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1. He's already been charged with attempted murder and the weapons violation - that's for the gunshot wound and the gun, I'm guessing. Was the aggravated assault from the popcorn throwing?
2. Why was the family talking in the movie?
3. Why was a guy wearing a gun to see a movie by himself?
4. He was wearing sweatpants to the Christmas Day movie. Oh yeah, with a .380-caliber Kel-Tec handgun clipped inside.
5. Look, I wear sweatpants on occasion. I've actually lost my favorite pair of jeans, so I've been wearing trousers around the house lately, but if I have a pair of keys, or maybe some lip balm in the pocket it pulls them down. How tight were those sweatpants that a clipped up handgun wouldn't pull the band down?
6. The argument escalated to the point that an argument about talking in a movie spilled into the aisle and ended with gunshots. "Shhhh" seems to work just fine.
7. Give it up to the guy for standing in front of his family to stand up in front of an angry Brad Pitt fan on Christmas Day.
8. I bet this guy is a football fan. Doesn't he remember Plaxico Burress? Never put a gun in your sweats.
9. This is why I don't go see movies.
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