Worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled with smoke. Club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out. In the ensuing panic, many victims were trampled,
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On this sunday night, warning signs. New details emerge about the teenager who went on a shooting rampage at his colorado high school. What fellow students are now saying about his behavior before the shooting. Search for answers. The body of a former nfl star is exhumed. A new effort to determine what triggered a tragic murdersuicide a year ago. Shoppers beware. How the apps you use to search for bargains are also being used to spy on you. And remembering peter otoole. Well look back at the famed actors long and successful career. Good evening. First the shot. Then the shock. And now the hard questions. Were there warning signs . The question friends of the teen who opened fire in his denver Area High School on friday are wrestling with tonight. 18yearold karl pierson took his own life after storming into his high school and shooting a classmate, severely wounding her. Now a friend of the shooter is telling nbc news that pierson had grown angry and had made threatening remarks about t