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James Holmes Charged With 140 Counts

24 counts of murder for accused 'Dark Knight' gunman

(Newser) - Colorado prosecutors have formally charged James Holmes with 24 counts of murder in the shooting at an Aurora movie theater. The 24-year-old appeared in court today and was also formally charged with 116 counts of attempted murder. Twelve people were killed and 58 people were wounded or injured. The breakdown...

Dark Knight Suspect Was Seeing Psychiatrist

James Holmes' doctor specialized in schizophrenia

(Newser) - James Holmes was indeed seeing a psychiatrist before the Dark Knight shooting spree, one who specialized in schizophrenia. The revelation emerged today in court documents, reports the Washington Post . Defense attorneys want authorities to turn over a notebook that Holmes sent to Lynne Fenton of the University of Colorado before...

'Dark Knight' Suspect Says He Has Amnesia

'Daily News': He keeps telling jail staff he doesn't know why he's there

(Newser) - James Holmes has been telling jailhouse workers that he doesn't remember his alleged shooting spree. "He claims he doesn't know why he's in jail," one worker tells the New York Daily News . "He asked, 'Why am I here?'" But the worker said...

Cops: Worker Threatens Aurora-Style Shooting

Former employee near Baltimore is arrested after 'joker' threat

(Newser) - Police near Baltimore say they may have stopped a mass shooting modeled on the Dark Knight tragedy, reports the Baltimore Sun . Authorities arrested a 28-year-old man in Crofton who phoned his former employer, threatened to "shoot the place up," and referred to himself as the "joker,"...

Carrying Guns Everywhere Won&#39;t Protect Us
Carrying Guns Everywhere Won't Protect Us
OPINION
Jul 26, 2012 10:32 AM CDT

Carrying Guns Everywhere Won't Protect Us

It's time for a ban on semiautomatic weapons: Andrew Jensen

(Newser) - Andrew Jensen joined the military after students from nearby Columbine High transferred to his Littleton, Colo., school after the 1999 massacre. At the time, he wanted to help protect his family and friends. Yet he wasn’t in Aurora, Colo.—where his dad and brother now live—when James...

Holmes Sent Massacre Plans to Psychiatrist: Report

It apparently sat unopened in mailroom until after the killings, says Fox News

(Newser) - Police say James Holmes planned his Colorado massacre months in advance, and a new report from Fox News suggests that he sent a notebook with details to a psychiatrist ahead of time. Unfortunately, it wasn't discovered until Monday—it apparently sat unopened in a mailroom at the University of...

Holmes Brilliant? More Like a 'Dolt': Sources

But he was a skilled shooter, say police

(Newser) - The latest in the attempt to better define Aurora shooter James Holmes: He apparently had a lot of target practice, isn't so smart, and may have a thing for prostitutes. From the most to least concrete:
  • Based on Holmes' "unusually high" hit rate, police believe he had extensive
...

Holmes Spitting at Guards, Forced to Wear Mouth Shield

Plus, judge bars cameras from courtroom

(Newser) - The odd behavior by the alleged Dark Knight shooter keeps getting loopier. Now James Holmes is spitting at guards so much that they're forcing him to wear a mouth shield when they take him from his cell, reports ABC News . Holmes' spacy appearance in court and telling the police...

Colorado Gun Sales Way Up After Dark Knight Shooting

Background checks for permits up more than 41%

(Newser) - The Dark Knight massacre at an Aurora theater has had an "insane" effect on gun sales in Colorado, says an employee of one gun store, where 15 to 20 people were waiting outside when it opened Friday morning after the shooting. Background checks for people attempting to purchase firearms...

DA: Holmes Case 'Not a Slam Dunk'

Death penalty will come down to suspect's sanity

(Newser) - Don't expect a quick resolution to James Holmes' court case: It's "not a slam dunk," says district attorney Carol Chambers. "In a case like this, the investigation doesn’t stop. It will continue right up to the trial," she noted. Prosecutors will decide "...

SWAT Gear Scariest Part of James Holmes&#39; Arsenal
SWAT Gear Scariest Part
of James Holmes' Arsenal
William Saletan
Jul 23, 2012 1:46 PM CDT

SWAT Gear Scariest Part of James Holmes' Arsenal

What made James Holmes unique was his defense, William Saletan argues

(Newser) - James Holmes "didn't just kill a dozen people" with his Colorado shooting rampage, writes William Saletan on Slate . "He killed the NRA's answer to gun violence." The NRA has been arguing for years that, to quote its CEO in the wake of the Tucson shooting,...

Obama Won't Push New Gun Laws

Romney banned assault rifle in question in Massachusetts

(Newser) - The Dark Knight shooting certainly has people talking about gun control again. The AP and New York Times are both running reports on the largely unregulated nature of Internet gun sales; James Holmes was able to order 3,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition and 3,000 rounds of handgun...

James Holmes Appears in Court
 James Holmes 
 Appears in Court 
UPDATED
Jul 23, 2012 10:56 AM CDT

James Holmes Appears in Court

Public gets first look at alleged killer since Aurora shooting

(Newser) - The world got its first look at James Holmes since the 24-year-old allegedly killed 12 people in a movie theater shooting at the Dark Knight Rises premiere. He appeared in court for the first time today with red/orange hair, and the AP calls him "wide-eyed and unshaven as he...

Obama Promises Not to Use Dark Knight Shooter's Name

Let focus be on victims, not killer, families ask

(Newser) - In an effort to keep the focus on the victims, President Obama has agreed not to mention the name of James Holmes, the killer in Friday's Dark Knight Rises massacre . "Sat down with President Obama. He has been incredible. He too has agreed not to mention the shooter'...

Gun Range Barred 'Creepy' Aurora Suspect

And young James Holmes talked chillingly of 'temporal illusion'

(Newser) - James Holmes might not have triggered any alarms when he purchased his arsenal of guns, but a gun range operator found him so "creepy" that he barred him from the premises a month ago. Holmes, 24, applied for membership in the Lead Valley Range in Byers, Colo., but when...

Jammed Rifle Helped Save Lives
 Jammed Rifle May 
 Have Saved Lives 
'Dark Knight' Massacre
Jul 23, 2012 5:19 AM CDT

Jammed Rifle May Have Saved Lives

Still few answers in rampage, and James Holmes not talking

(Newser) - Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes' most powerful gun, a semi-automatic assault rifle, jammed on him early during his rampage, forcing him to use a less powerful weapon that may have saved lives, police tell the AP in a round-up of the latest news on Holmes and the Dark Night massacre....

President: God Will &#39;Wipe Away Every Tear&#39;

 President: God 
 Will 'Wipe Away 
 Every Tear' 
'Dark Night' Massacre
Jul 23, 2012 12:02 AM CDT

President: God Will 'Wipe Away Every Tear'

But until then, Obama won't press for new gun laws, says White House

(Newser) - President Obama quoted scripture yesterday at an emotional three-hour meeting with survivors of the Aurora movie massacre and their families, saying that God will "wipe away every tear and death shall be no more ." Obama traveled to the University of Colorado Hospital "not so much as president...

Holmes' College Investigating Deliveries

University of Colorado checking to see if he used position as student to order materials

(Newser) - The University of Colorado is investigating whether mass shooting suspect James Holmes used his position as a graduate student to order materials in the potentially deadly booby traps that police said they found in his apartment. Holmes, 24, received deliveries over four months to his home and school, authorities said....

Cue the Debate on Gun Control
 Cue the Debate on Gun Control 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jul 22, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

Cue the Debate on Gun Control

Colorado massacre dominates Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - The Dark Knight massacre ripped through the Sunday talk shows today, echoing the resurgent national conversation about gun control in the wake of the tragedy. The players and their thoughts, as per Politico :
  • Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper : “This guy is a terrorist. He wasn’t a terrorist in the
...

The Changing Face of Fear
 The Changing 
 Face of Fear 
OPINION
Jul 22, 2012 9:13 AM CDT

The Changing Face of Fear

Today's evil doesn't kill for a cause, but for destruction itself

(Newser) - America's great enemies of the past—Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, or Mao's China—were evil, but at least they were evil with a point (however twisted). But these days, evil has changed, and from Timothy McVeigh to 9/11, the anthrax killer, and now James Holmes, the "world-burners,...

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