James holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 others during the midnight showing of a batman movie in the aurora, colorado movie theater. One week after convicting holmes, the jury confirmed in a unanimous finding thursday that hes eligible for the death penalty. The rumor began in the hours after james holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 more during a 2012 screening of the dark knight rises. They all have a similar feeling its like life interrupted, he said. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and his lawyers say he. Aurora, colorado theater shooting timeline, summary and. Police did not disclose if they had not determined a motive for the shooting, but residents of the. Suspect bought 4 guns, 6,000 rounds of ammunition in past 60 days suspected gunman james holmes, 24, was pursuing ph.
The scene for many colorado springs residents on saturday morning was surreal. Anticipation built in the packed, darkened movie theater. Colorado has endured other mass shootings, including the killing of 12 people in a movie. Colorado springs massacre motive remains a mystery cbs news. Everything you need to know about the aurora theater.
Read cnn s colorado theater shooting fast facts to learn more about the aurora, colorado, tragedy and the trial of james holmes. Colorado school shooting suspect appears in court littleton, co devon erickson, 18, the accused shooter, is being held on no bond in connection with highlands ranch school mass shooting. A jury found colorado movie theater shooter james holmes guilty of murder. Police hunt for motive in colorado high school shooting. Colorado police are still seeking a motive after a walmart. Older of 2 students arrested in colorado shooting charged with murder. Holmes was charged twice for each victim who was killed.
Not hate and revenge for bullying as originally thought, but for harris and klebolds hatred of all mankind for being. Colorado police are still seeking a motive after a walmart shooting that killed 3 people. Suspect scott ostrem is arrested a person described by police as a person of interest in relation to a shooting at walmart in. Police search what is believed to be the car of james holmes, the suspect of a shooting in a movie theater, outside the century 16 movie theater july 20, 2012 in aurora, colorado. A lone suspect, james eagan holmes, a 24yearold former university of colorado neuroscience students, has bee arrested. The joker didnt inspire the aurora shooter, but the rumor.
What you need to know about the batman theater shooting. Twelve students and a teacher were killed in the columbine high school shooting on april 20, 1999, before the two gunmen killed themselves, and one student died after the. The joker didnt inspire the aurora shooter, but the rumor wont go. Colorado springs mayor john suthers says authorities arent ready to discuss a possible motive of the gunman who attacked a planned parenthood clinic there but. Aurora police responded to the century 16 movie theatre early friday morning, july 20, 2012. A courtroom sketch of suspect james holmes, who is accused of shooting and killing 12 people in an aurora, colo. School shooting leaves 1 student dead and 8 injured the. Colorado theater shooter carried 4 guns, all obtained. Teen killed in colorado school shooting charged the. Cnn here is a look at the july 20, 2012, movie theater shooting in aurora, colorado. He tried to murder a theater full of people to make.
School shooting leaves 1 student dead and 8 injured. Colorado shooting trial nears end with mothers testimony i dont know who i am anymore, says ashley moser, who was paralyzed and lost her 6yearold daughter and unborn child in shooting aug 5. Did colorado shooter single out cinemark theater because. Aurora, colorado shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others 62 directly and eight indirectly at a century 16 movie theater on july 20, 2012. A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer james holmes says that what led holmes to open fire in a crowded colorado movie theater was. News dark knight massacre suspect james holmes will appear in court monday, faces at least 70 charges in aurora, colorado movie theater shooting. Holmes, 27, whose notguilty plea by reason of insanity was rejected by. A look back at the aurora, colorado, movie theater. Jury finds james holmes guilty in theater shooting cnn. Related shooting suspect bought guns, ammo legally but magazine was banned under old laws. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but reid and the. University spokeswoman jacque montgomery says 24yearold holmes, who police say is the suspect in a mass shooting at a colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in.
Aurora shooting leaves 12 dead, 70 wounded history. Aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting twelve people were killed and 58 injured in a mass shooting at an aurora movie theater during the early morning hours of friday, july 20, 2012. In 2012, james holmes entered a movie theater in aurora, colorado, and committed one of the deadliest mass shootings in us history. It was the deadliest mass shooting in colorado since the 1999 columbine. What was james eagan holmes motive in the aurora, co movie.
With 12 dead and 58 wounded, the july 20th shooting at the cinemark century 16 theater in aurora, colorado was sure to result in a lawsuit. Colorado theater shooting suspect charged with 142 total. Colorado theater shooter james holmes is led out of the courtroom after. Police investigate motive for colorado high school shooting. In addition to columbine, brauchler referenced the july 2012 shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colo. Colorado movie theater shooting worst in us history youtube. Since columbine, colorado has endured other mass shootings, including the killing of 12 people in a movie theater in nearby aurora in 2012.
The second suspect in the colorado school shooting, maya mckinney, was listed in court records as a 16yearold female, but identifies as a male and. Dark knight massacre suspect james holmes will appear in. It never happened, said george brauchler, the colorado district. Sandy phillips, whose daughter jessica ghawi was killed in the 2012 aurora movie theatre massacre, carries a tshirt memorializing the twelve people killed in the attack, outside the arapahoe. James eagan holmes born december, 1987 is an american mass murderer responsible for the 2012 aurora, colorado shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured.
Colorado investigators said school shooting suspects devon erickson, 18, and alec mckinney, 16, tried to set ericksons parents house on fire before heading to the. Older of 2 students arrested in colorado shooting charged. Victims and heroes tell their stories of the chaos when an alleged gunman opened fire in colorado. The suspect was studying to be a neuroscientist at the university of colorado until he flunked a major exam and decided to drop out. Police investigated the suspects car outside a movie theater after a shooting in aurora, colo.
Police investigating motive for alleged shooters attack. Read the full complaint there are three different classes of murder charges in the state of colorado. Why did holmes tell the police that his apartment was booby trapped. Steven paddock killed 58 people and wounded 800 who were attending a country music festival in las vegas, nevada. Holmes, who has offered no motive for the shooting spree, eventually was. Family members of victims in the 2012 mass shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado, have written a letter to warner bros.
Revenge probed as motive in colorado school shooting. No clear motives in las vegas and aurora, colorado mass. Police investigate motive for colorado high school shooting karl pierson 18 opened fire at school before shooting himself sat, dec 14, 20, 17. Mt, the dark night rises started to play at the century 16 movie theaters at the aurora town center, where throngs had gathered, some dressed as. Holmes entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which was accepted. Tuesdays school shooting was the fifth such incident in colorado since april 1999. What led james holmes into the aurora theater shooting. Gunmans motive in planned parenthood shootings unclear. A mass shooting at a midnight screening of the dark knight rises in aurora, colorado, has left at least twelve people dead and 58 wounded.
His trial began on april 27, 2015, and on august 24 he was. A look back at the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting 5 years. Holmes, who murdered 12 people in a cinema, told specialist he didnt have any feelings. Both of these cases were in the news recently as experts said they do not have a clear motive in either of the two mass shootings. Court appearance postponed for colorado stem school. Jurors were left with conflicting portraits of the man accused of shooting 12 people dead and injuring scores more at a colorado movie theater in. A jury has found colorado theater shooter james holmes guilty of firstdegree murder in the july 2012 shooting that killed 12 people. The motive for the murders at columbine high school were hate and revenge. First look at aurora, colorado dark knight rises shooting suspect. Brauchler said the rumor has become part of the dark lore of the aurora shooting. What was the motive for the columbine shooting answers.