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On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, United States, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. Dressed in tactical clothing, 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms.
Dec 2, 2013 · Learn about the deadly shooting at a Colorado movie theater in 2012, which killed 12 people and injured 70 others. Find out who the gunman was, how he planned the attack and what happened to him in court.
James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is an American mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora theater 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.
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Jul 20, 2022 · Published Jul 20, 2022 at 3:00 AM EDT. By Chloe Mayer. FOLLOW. One decade on from the notorious Aurora massacre—that saw a gunman open fire in a movie theater packed with Batman fans as they...
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Jul 20, 2012 · A gunman opened fire and released gas in a suburban Denver movie theater during a Batman premiere, killing 12 people and injuring 59 others. Read eyewitness accounts, updates, and the suspect's arrest details from PBS NewsHour.
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Jul 20, 2022 · Ten years ago today, a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and wounding 70 people. At the time, it was one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s...
Jul 16, 2015 · Holmes was sentenced to death for the 2012 massacre that killed 12 people and wounded dozens at a Batman premiere. Jurors rejected his insanity defense and heard from survivors, witnesses and experts about his motives and actions.