Depsite it's beautiful name there was nothing breathtaking about Aurora, Colorado over the weekend except the news of a masked gunman who opened fire early Saturday morning at a Cinema during the midnight showing of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.
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| James Holmes, 24 in Court |
Authorities were quick to apprehend the suspect who left 12 dead and several others severely injured. According to reports, "James Holmes, 24, who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others inside a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo., will be formally charged next Monday. he is being held without bond. Holmes has been held in solitary confinement at the Arapahoe County detention facility since Friday. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, and he could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations. Authorities say the former graduate student is refusing to cooperate and it could take months to learn what prompted the horrific attack on moviegoers at a midnight screening of the latest Batman film."
Holmes' apartment was also a death trap for emergency crews who had go in with remote control cameras to seek out any sort of incendiary devices. Law enforcement officials told reporters that they did in fact find multiple booby traps and ammunition as well as 10 gallons of gas that appeared to read to explode. The source told reporters, "The idea was...he wanted to burn this place down. And the gas would have made that fast."
Holmes age 24, made his first appearance in court today. Thoughts and prayers go out for audience members who lost loved ones and friends during the violence. For more on this story please go to the following website:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/23/investigators-find-batman-mask-poster-at-movie-theater-massacre-suspect/#ixzz21QJzBwt7
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