Colorado Batman Shooting

"Batman" theater gunman James Holmes will be back in court on Wednesday to face sentencing, a week after his conviction over the 2012 massacre that left 12 dead and 70 more injured in Colorado.

James Holmes, the allegedly disturbed gunman accused of opening fire in a packed Batman movie premiere, killing 12 people, finally went on trial on Monday, nearly three years after the shocking massacre.

A judge on Tuesday accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation. The examination could be a decisive factor in determining whether the suspect James Holmes is convicted and sentenced to die.

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 showed on Thursday.

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.

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!"

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.

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.

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.

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 details, will determine whether the case will go to trial.

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.

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.

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.

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 graduate programme.

Attorneys for the suspect in the Colorado movie theatre shootings said on Thursday their client is mentally ill and that they need more time to assess the nature of his illness. James Holmes' lawyers made the disclosure at a court hearing in suburban Denver where news media organizations asked a judge to unseal documents in the case.

"Batman" theater gunman James Holmes will be back in court on Wednesday to face sentencing, a week after his conviction over the 2012 massacre that left 12 dead and 70 more injured in Colorado.

James Holmes, the allegedly disturbed gunman accused of opening fire in a packed Batman movie premiere, killing 12 people, finally went on trial on Monday, nearly three years after the shocking massacre.

A judge on Tuesday accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation. The examination could be a decisive factor in determining whether the suspect James Holmes is convicted and sentenced to die.

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 showed on Thursday.

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.

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!"

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.

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.

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.

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 details, will determine whether the case will go to trial.

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.

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.

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.

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 graduate programme.

Attorneys for the suspect in the Colorado movie theatre shootings said on Thursday their client is mentally ill and that they need more time to assess the nature of his illness. James Holmes' lawyers made the disclosure at a court hearing in suburban Denver where news media organizations asked a judge to unseal documents in the case.