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Sentence. 12 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 3,318 years. 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 ...
Jul 25, 2012 · The early-morning massacre at the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” on July 20 at the AMC theater in Aurora, Colo., has left moviegoers around the nation shocked and troubled.
Jul 20, 2012 · Updated at 4:25 p.m. ET (CBS/AP) The suspect apprehended in the mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater has been identified as James Eagan Holmes, 24, law enforcement sources told CBS ...
Dec 2, 2013 · On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurs at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb, killing 12 people—the youngest a 6-year-old girl—and injuring at least 70 others.
Jul 21, 2016 · Alex Sullivan, known as a movie buff, was celebrating his 27th birthday by going to see The Dark Knight Rises, tweeting an hour before the movie started that it was going to be "the best BIRTHDAY ...
- Shooter James Holmes Purchased Four Guns Prior to The Massacre
- Sold-Out Midnight Premiere of 'The Dark Knight Rises'
- 12 People Were Killed, Dozens More Injured
- Witnesses Recall The Horror
- Holmes Arrested Nearby Within Minutes of The Shooting
- Holmes Had Booby-Trapped His Apartment
- Holmes Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole
- What We Know About Holmes' Past
In the 60 days leading up to the shooting, Holmes had purchased four guns from local shops and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, policesaid at the time. All of the weapons and ammunition were purchased legally, police said.
Holmes had bought a ticket to the movie before slipping out and propping an emergency exit open, federal law enforcement sources told ABC News. About 30 minutes into the movie, Holmes had gathered his weapons and re-entered the movie auditorium through the emergency exit wearing a ballistics helmet, bulletproof vest, bulletproof leggings, a gas mas...
Ten victims died at the scene, while another two died at local hospitals. Among the dead was a 6-year-old girl. Seventy people were injured in the ordeal, police said. Most were injured by gunfire, but a "handful" were injured during the chaos that ensued. One injured victim was hit by gunfire in an adjacent theater. A 3-month-old was among those t...
Witnesses said they thought the smoke and gunshots were part of the movie until they saw Holmes standing in front of the screen. "You just smelled smoke and you just kept hearing it, you just heard bam bam bam, non-stop," one witness told ABC News in 2012. "The gunman never had to reload. Shots just kept going, kept going, kept going." Moviegoer Ch...
Police apprehended Holmes in his car behind the theater within minutes of the shooting. He was found in full riot gear and carrying three weapons, including an AR-15 assault rifle, a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, and a .40 caliber Glock handgun. A fourth handgun was also found inside the vehicle. Holmes told arresting officers that he was "The Joker,...
When Holmes was arrested he warned police that he had booby-trapped his apartment. The next day, police, bomb squads and agents from the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found a large number of explosives devices and trip wires at Holmes' apartment. At first, Hazmat teams had to proceed searching Holmes' apartment with caution, since...
On Aug. 7, 2015, more than three years after the shooting, Holmes was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Holmes avoided the death penalty because the jury could not come to a unanimous decision. In July 2015, Holmes was found guilty of all charges against him, included two counts of first-degree murder for each of the deceased victims and ...
Holmes was originally from Riverside, California and attended the University of California branch there, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said after the shooting. Neighbors had reported that Holmes lived alone and kept to himself, Oates said. Prior to the massacre, Holmes was an honors students and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado medical...
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Jul 20, 2012 · By Rong-Gong Lin II. July 20, 2012 6:50 AM PT. A lone 24-year-old masked gunman entered a Colorado movie theater playing the new Batman movie and opened fire early Friday, killing at least 12 ...
