Aurora, Colo., ‘Dark Knight’ shootings
At least 12 people died and dozens were injured on Friday, July 20, 2012, after a mass shooting in a darkened movie theater in Aurora, Colo. that was crowded with people watching the midnight premiere of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Law enforcement authorities identified the alleged gunman as James Holmes, 24, and said he was taken into custody in a parking lot behind the Century 16 theater after the attack.
The shooter wore a gas mask and, Aurora police said in a statement, “threw some type of gas or explosive device before he opened fire.” He started shooting at the front of the theater and then started moving up and down the aisles, shooting people at random.
Colo. shooting prompts large states to push gun control bills, fill void left by Congress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic leaders in three big states have used this summer’s mass shooting in Colorado to push bills that would crack down on assault weapons and ammunition sales, rekindling a debate that has not gained much traction in Congress or on the presidential campaign.
Aurora shooting suspect doesn’t react to talk of financially struggling victims in court
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The suspect in the Aurora movie shooting showed no emotion in court as a lawyer discussed a charity’s efforts to help victims.
Colorado Shooting Victim to Dave Mustaine: You're an Idiot
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Batman Colorado shooting: James Holmes was nicknamed 'the llama'
via The Telegraph
First lady visits Aurora, Colo., shooting victims
AURORA, Colo. — First lady Michelle Obama has met with some of the victims wounded during last months’ massacre at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and the medical staff that treated them.
Accused Colorado gunman applied to Illinois school with stellar grades, references
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Aurora movie theater shooting raises questions about university threat-assessment teams
The university’s medical campus says it has responded to more than 300 possible threat reports in two years. It won’t say if any of those related to alleged gunman James Holmes.
Accused Colorado gunman sought help for mental illness: lawyer
via Reuters
Report: Psychiatrist asked campus police about suspected Colorado theater gunman before attack
DENVER — A psychiatrist who was treating the suspected Colorado movie theater gunman asked University of Colorado police for a background check on the student six weeks before the July 20 shootings, raising questions about concerns she may have had about his behavior, a Denver television station reported Tuesday.
Aurora apartment building fire leaves 2 dead, 15 injured; Man saves baby thrown from 4th floor
AURORA, Colo. — Two people were killed and 15 injured in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in the Denver suburb of Aurora, forcing some residents to jump from the four-story building as neighbors rushed to help.
From the Unabomber to Jared Loughner to Wade Michael Page: America’s ‘lone wolf’ killers, suspects

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“Lone wolves’’ — people isolating themselves from others, hard to track down— have made up some of America’s most dangerous and violent people. A 2009 government report asserted that many had extreme right-wing views and branded them as ‘’domestic terrorists.’’ Of the suspects or killers in prominent U.S. cases, only some might fit into that political category, though many had been cut off from society.
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