Colorado gunman had homicidal thoughts weeks before shooting, says his psychiatrist
Reuters | Friday April 5, 2013
A University of Colorado psychiatrist who once treated accused theater gunman James Holmes described him to a campus police officer as having had "homicidal thoughts" five weeks before he allegedly killed 12 moviegoers, newly unsealed court records s...
'Batman' shooting suspect's trial in August
Agence France Presse | Wednesday March 13, 2013
A US judge entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and set an August date for him to stand trial over the horrific massacre.
Belgium's 'Joker' on trial for horrific nursery killings
Agence France-Presse | Friday February 22, 2013
An assize court in Ghent on Friday hears a 53-page charge-sheet against a young Belgian who disguised himself as Batman foe "The Joker" before going on a killing spree at a nursery four years ago that chilled the nation.
Colorado movie theater rampage: judge asked to lift gag order
Reuters | Thursday January 17, 2013
The Colorado city of Aurora has asked a judge presiding over the criminal case of last summer's movie theater massacre to lift a gag order barring police and emergency personnel from publicly discussing the rampage, a court filing made public on Wedn...
Victim's dad tells accused Colorado gunman to 'Rot in hell'
Reuters | Saturday January 12, 2013
Emotions boiled over on Friday at a court hearing for James Holmes, the man charged with shooting 12 people to death and wounding dozens more at a Batman movie, when the father of one victim shouted, "Rot in hell, Holmes!"
Colorado judge orders accused movie theater gunman to stand trial
Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2013
A Colorado judge on Thursday ordered accused movie theater gunman James Holmes to stand trial on charges he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more in a shooting rampage at a midnight screening of a "Batman" movie last summer.
Accused Colorado shooter posed with guns before rampage
Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2013
Self-portraits of accused Colorado movie house gunman James Holmes posing with firearms and body armor ended prosecutors' pretrial case against the former graduate student on Wednesday, but defence lawyers declined to present evidence or witnesses of...
Police: Colorado shooting suspect planned massacre
Associated Press | Wednesday January 9, 2013
As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year's Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the rampage, James Holmes.
'Batman' shooting suspect James Holmes played puppets
Associated Press | Wednesday January 9, 2013
It was just hours after a Colorado movie theatre shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack that killed 12 people.
Police choke up recalling Colorado theater massacre
Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2013
The former graduate student accused of shooting a dozen people to death at a Colorado movie theater last summer sat impassively in court on Monday as police recounted the nightmarish mix of blood, tear gas, screams and flashing strobe lights they fou...
Evidence presented in United States theatre mass shooting
Associated Press | Tuesday January 8, 2013
Prosecutors are in court on monday outline their case against the young United States man suspected of shooting 12 people dead at a midnight premiere of the latest "Batman" film. The hearing, the first extensive public disclosure of the attack's deta...
Batman shooting: Caller hung up on University of Colorado minutes before massacre
Reuters | Saturday September 1, 2012
A caller who phoned the University of Colorado Hospital less than 10 minutes before a mass shooting that killed 12 people hung up without speaking, officials said on Friday, a day after the accused gunman's lawyer said he may have made such a call.
Colorado shooting suspect may have called university before rampage
Reuters | Friday August 31, 2012
Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes may have phoned a University of Colorado operator just nine minutes before the shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, a defence attorney said on Thursday.
Background check was run before Colorado shootings: School
Associated Press | Friday August 24, 2012
The former graduate student accused in a deadly mass shooting at a movie theater had failed a key exam six weeks before the rampage, made threats and was banned from his college, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Accused Colorado gunman applied to Illinois school with stellar grades, references
Reuters | Saturday August 11, 2012
The suspect in the Colorado movie house massacre that claimed 12 lives was once a gifted honours student who sought to "positively contribute to the world," according to newly released reference letters accompanying his application to an Illinois gra...
