Colorado theater shooting
Twelve people died and 59 others were wounded when a 24-year-old man opened fire early Friday during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo.
James Holmes
This photo provided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office shows James Holmes. Holmes, 24, appeared in court for the first time, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is the suspect in the Friday shooting that left 12 people dead and 58 others injured at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora, Colo.
Colorado Shooting
In this image taken from video provided by KUSA.com, James Holmes, left, the suspected gunman in Friday's Colorado theater massacre, makes his first appearance in court with his attorney in Aurora, Colo., Monday, July 23, 2012.
Colorado shooting
Greg Zanis, from Aurora, Ill., places 12 crosses, one for each victim, across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. in 1999, Zanis placed 15 crosses near Columbine High School to commemorate the victims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Colorado shooting
Gail Stevens, left, comforts Judy Goos, right, at the Grant Avenue United Methodist Church in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Goos arrived minutes after the movie theater shooting since her daughter Emma Goos, 19, was in theater nine and called her right after she called 911. When Goos and her husband arrived on scene they began to help a number of youths they knew through their children. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
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Two people attending a vigil for movie theater shooting victim AJ Boik hold candles Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Colorado shooting
This undated photo provided by the family shows Jonathan T. Blunk, 26, of Aurora, Colo. with his two children. Blunk was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo)
Colorado shooting
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Jesse Childress. The 29-year-old, from Thornton, Colo., was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. Childress was an Air Force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
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This Sept. 20, 2011 photo provided by the Sullivan family shows Alex Sullivan. Sullivan was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo/The Sullivan Family)
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Terry Willey, 24, lights a candle for the families and all involved with the Aurora shootings during services at the Grant Avenue United Methodist Church in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012, two days after a shooting rampage at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" Batman movie. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
Colorado shooting
Judy Goos, left, is embraced by her friend Lisa Stevens at the Grant Avenue United Methodist Church in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012, two days after a shooting rampage at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" Batman movie. She arrived minutes after the shooting since her daughter Emma Goos, 19, was in theater nine and called her right after she called 911. Her husband is the pastor of the church. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Micayla Medek. Medek, 23, was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo)
Colorado shooting
Travis Hirko pauses at a cross brought by Greg Zanis with the name of a friend who was one of the 12 victims across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. In 1999, Zanis, of Aurora, Ill., placed 15 crosses near Columbine High School to commemorate the victims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Colorado shooting
Serenity Brydon, 7, places a rosary around a bear at a memorial near the the Century 16 movie theater Sunday, July 22, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Colorado shooting
This undated photo provided by the Cowden family shows Gordon W. Cowden. Cowden was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo/The Cowden Family)
Colorado shooting
Aurora, Colo. Mayor Steve Hogan, right, says a prayer with Greg Zanis, from Aurora, Ill., as Zanis places crosses for the shooting victims across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. In 1999, Zanis placed 15 crosses near Columbine High School to commemorate the victims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Colorado shooting
Greg Zanis, from Aurora, Ill., writes a name on one of 12 crosses, one for each victim, across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. In 1999, Zanis placed 15 crosses near Columbine High School to commemorate the victims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Colorado shooting
This undated photo provided by the family shows Jessica Ghawi. Ghawi is one of the 12 people killed when a gunman barged into a crowded theater, set off gas canisters and opened fire as spectators dove for cover and tried to flee, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Dozens of others were injured, including 11 in critical condition. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the family)
Colorado shooting
People place hands on a large wooden cross as they pray late Saturday, July 21, 2012, across the street from the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. where a gunman killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others Friday in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Jessica Ghawi. Ghawi was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo)
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This undated photo provided by the Larimer family shows John Larimer. Larimer was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo/Larimer family)
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Balloons are released Saturday, July 21, 2012, at a vigil at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., for AJ Boik, who was a student at the school and who was killed along with 11 others when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching franticly for his son Alex Sullivan who celebrated his 27th birthday by going to see "The Dark Knight Rises," movie where a gunman opened fire Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Investigators look over evidence on ground outside the back door of the Century 16 movie theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo. on Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Yellow markers sit next to evidence, including a gas mask, as police investigate the scene outside the Century 16 movie theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo. on Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes. University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old Holmes, who police say is the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. Holmes is suspected of shooting into a crowd at a movie theater killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Moviegoers wait across the street as Aurora Police strung crime scene tape around the parking lots encircling the movie theater Friday morning July 20, 2012, in Aurora Colo. Police say up to 20 people have been injured in a shooting at the movie theater near Denver.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Police officers took witness statements outside a move theatre in Aurora, Colorado following an early morning shooting. Aurora Police responded to the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday morning, July 20, 2012. Scanner traffic indicates that dozens of people were hurt in an incident inside the theatre.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Police investigate outside a movie theater after a shooting Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Police use a video camera to look inside an apartment where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday during the showing of the latest Batman movie.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Eyewitness Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interview by police outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Judy Goos, left, hugs her daughters friend, Isaiah Bow, 20, an eyewitnesses, as Terrell Wallin, 20, right, looks on, outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning after a gunman opened fire at the midnight premiere of the "Dark Knight Rises"movie Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora. After fleeing the theater, Bow returned to find his girlfriend who turned out to be safe. "Very stupid I know, But I didn't want to leave her in there," says Bow.
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Officers load bags of evidence into a car outside the Century 16 theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. A shooting took place in the theater in which at least 12 people died and scores were injured during the premiere showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Aurora, Colorado, theatre shooting
Amanda Medek, who is looking for her sister Micayla, sits outside Gateway High School, Friday July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
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