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April 11, 2013
Should the media forgo using killers' names and photos?
See also: For Aurora theater shooting victim Carli Richards, the worst isn't over yet
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April 11, 2013
For Aurora theater shooting victim Carli Richards, the worst isn't over yet
See also: Should the media forgo using killers' names and photos?
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April 11, 2013
Kevin Purfield arrested for harassing Aurora theater shooting victims' families
A Portland man has been arrested for harassing the families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting. Kevin Michael Purfield, 45, is accused of "e-mailing, calling and using social media to contact various family members of victims of the theater shooting," the Portland police say in a statement. ... More >>
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April 10, 2013
Fox News reporter Jana Winter not forced to testify today, ordered to come back in August
Fox News reporter Jana Winter was not forced to take the stand today and testify about her unnamed sources. Instead, the judge in the Aurora theater shooting case ordered Winter back on August 19. By then, an attorney for suspect James Holmes said several outstanding issues should be resolved. She ... More >>
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April 9, 2013
Fox News's Jana Winter won't face choice of jail or testimony tomorrow in theater shooting case
Fox News reporter Jana Winter won't face such a tough decision tomorrow after all. The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has delayed a ruling on whether to compel Winter to testify about her confidential sources until after he decides whether to allow a notebook that suspect James Holmes mai ... More >>
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April 1, 2013
James Holmes prosecutor: "For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death"
Update: After DA George Brauchler announced at today's Aurora theater shooting hearing that he plans to seek the death penalty against James Holmes, Judge Carlos Samour turned his attention to defense attorneys' desire for Fox News reporter Jana Winter to reveal sources who gave her information abou ... More >>
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March 29, 2013
James Holmes's court filing about guilty-plea offer a publicity ploy, prosecution says
Update by Melanie Asmar: Was James Holmes's court filing stating that he was willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty a publicity stunt? That's the allegation being made by prosecutors in a response to Holmes's filing (on view below). The filing, they wrote, "appears to be an attempt to ... More >>
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March 29, 2013
Aurora theater shooting judge to hear oral arguments about Fox News reporter subpoena
The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has agreed to hear oral arguments on Monday about whether Fox News reporter Jana Winter should have to testify about her unnamed sources. But he is requiring Winter to travel to Colorado, despite the fact that her attorneys requested she not have to do s ... More >>
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March 28, 2013
James Holmes's Facebook supporters don't see guilty plea offer as proof of guilt
Yesterday, a newly released document revealed that James Holmes is willing to plead guilty to killing twelve people and injuring seventy others in the Aurora theater shooting if prosecutors agree not to pursue the death penalty. What's the reaction of online Holmes fans? Well, there appear to be a ... More >>
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March 11, 2013
James Holmes: Read advisement judge will give him if he pleads not guilty due to insanity
The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has settled on the advisement that he will read to James Holmes should the suspect plead not guilty by reason of insanity at tomorrow's arraignment. It includes warnings that if Holmes enters such a plea, he'll be subject to a court-ordered psychiatric ... More >>
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February 7, 2013
Aurora theater shooting victims are being harassed by conspiracy proponents, DA says
Aurora theater shooting victims are being harassed by "proponents of purported 'conspiracies,'" according to a motion filed by prosecutors requesting that victims' names be redacted from court documents if the gag order in the case is lifted, as the city of Aurora requested. Some of the harassers "h ... More >>
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January 30, 2013
Aurora murders up 41 percent even without including victims of Century 16 shooting
In sharing preliminary 2012 crime states, the Aurora Police Department faces an interesting dilemma -- how to process the July 20 massacre at the Aurora Century 16, which led to a dozen deaths and scores of injuries. APD data shows major crimes in the community went up slightly if the theater shooti ... More >>
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January 29, 2013
Aurora theater shooting inspires local first-graders to launch Jar of Kindness project
How do you help young children cope with a terrible tragedy? A first-grade teacher in Aurora has come up with a way. Every day after recess, the kids in Megan Anderson's class at Peoria Elementary sit on the classroom's alphabet rug and talk about the kind things they've done that day. Each kind ac ... More >>
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January 17, 2013
Aurora theater shooting: City asks judge to consider lifting gag order against it
The City of Aurora has asked the judge in the theater shooting case to revise a gag order that prohibits law enforcement agents from discussing what happened. "The city has refused numerous requests...to give presentations regarding the theater shooting," an attorney for the city wrote in a motion f ... More >>
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January 16, 2013
Lynne Fenton, James Holmes's psychiatrist, sued by wife of Aurora theater shooting victim
At least eight lawsuits have been filed against Cinemark, owner of the Aurora Century 16, where twelve people were killed and seventy injured in a July 20 attack. (The theater will reopen tomorrow.) Now, however, a newly filed suit targets different parties: Dr. Lynne Fenton, who provided psychiatri ... More >>
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January 16, 2013
Aurora Century 16's free reopening weekend to feature Taken 2, Bourne Legacy, Red Dawn
Nearly six months after the mass shooting in Aurora, Cinemark, the owner of the theater where the massacre occurred, is reopening the site to the public on Friday, sparking backlash from victims' families. More debate could arise about some of the movies being screened for free over the weekend -- i ... More >>
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January 15, 2013
User review making fun of Aurora theater shooting still on Movietimes.com months later
Last August, just over a week after the Aurora theater shooting, we checked movie-ticket websites for the shuttered Aurora Century 16 and were shocked to discover that a user review making light of the tragedy was on the Movietimes.com page. With the theater set to reopen on Thursday, we looked aga ... More >>
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January 11, 2013
James Holmes case: Judge gives trial go-ahead, defense wants more time to enter plea
A judge has ruled that there's enough evidence to try alleged Aurora theater shooter James Holmes for murder. Holmes is accused of killing twelve people and injuring seventy others by opening fire at the Century 16 theater on July 20. He'll be back in court Friday at 9 a.m. for a hearing, at which ... More >>
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January 11, 2013
Aurora theater shooting spawns eighth lawsuit (at least) against Cinemark
The Aurora Century 16, where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve and injured seventy, is slated to reopen next Thursday, January 17. But the attempts by Century 16 owner Cinemark to move on haven't stopped the shooting-related lawsuits against the firm that have appeared regularly over the past six ... More >>
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January 10, 2013
James Holmes: Read timeline of his actions before and after Aurora theater shooting
Through witness testimony, prosecutors this week laid out a timeline of the actions accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes took in the months before the July 20 attack. The earliest date mentioned was April 19, when he set up a Match.com profile. The last was July 19, when Holmes allegedly took ... More >>
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January 9, 2013
Aurora theater shooting hearing, day 3: James Holmes took photos of himself dressed to kill
Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is covering day three of the preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. Sergeant Matthew Fyles continued his testimony by displaying photos James Holmes took of himself and the future crime scene.
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January 9, 2013
7/20 Committee offers mental health resources for those traumatized by James Holmes hearing
A preliminary hearing for James Holmes, the accused Aurora theater shooter, concluded today, and numerous victims and members of the public were on site to watch. A lot of reporters were there, too, taking notes on the horrific details of the July 20 shooting -- and given the chilling testimony, sur ... More >>
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January 8, 2013
Aurora theater shooting hearing, day two: Youngest victim's story, death of a military man
Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is covering day two of the preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. The latest update is immediately below, followed by previous coverage. Update: The majority of the afternoon session was dominated by a listing o ... More >>
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January 7, 2013
Aurora theater shooting hearing: James Holmes's eyes lit up, said victim's dad
Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is covering today's preliminary hearing into the July 20 Aurora theater shooting allegedly committed by James Holmes. The latest update is immediately below, followed by previous coverage. January 7, 5:28 p.m.: The final portion of the hearing began with testimony by th ... More >>
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January 4, 2013
Aurora victim's father will return to theater: "He would want me to be there"
The upcoming reopening of Cinemark's Century 16 theater, the site of the tragic mass shooting on July 20 at a midnight show, has sparked a lot of controversy this week -- in part because of a heavily criticized letter that theater sent to the victims' families inviting them to attend its re-opening. ... More >>
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January 3, 2013
James Holmes: Post-its in courthouse bathroom promote film that says he was set up
Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was in court yesterday for a short hearing to determine whether lawyers were ready to proceed with what will likely be a revealing preliminary hearing next week. (They are; the hearing starts Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m.) After the hearing, we used the wome ... More >>
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January 3, 2013
Aurora shooting: Jordan Ghawi, brother of victim, says boycott of Cinemark is "ridiculous"
Yesterday, families of those who died in the Aurora theater shooting blasted Cinemark, owner of the site of the tragedy, for insensitively inviting them to an event timed with the theater's reopening. The mother and stepfather of victim Jessica Ghawi joined others in signing a letter to the theater, ... More >>
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January 3, 2013
Gun policy: On day one, Diana DeGette introduces high-capacity magazine ban
In the final weeks of 2012, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, who represents Denver, pushed for an immediate vote on a measure to ban high-capacity assault magazines. The bill, she said, would be a sign of concrete action after twenty children were slaughtered in Connecticut. But the chance for a vote ne ... More >>
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January 2, 2013
Aurora theater shooting: Preliminary hearing in James Holmes case to start Monday
An important hearing in the case of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes will start Monday, January 7 at 9 a.m. This morning, prosecutors and Holmes's defense attorneys told the judge in the case that they're ready to proceed with the preliminary hearing, which is expected to reveal many m ... More >>
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January 2, 2013
Aurora shooting: Families of victims blast letter from Cinemark inviting them to reopening
This was not the holiday letter that families of the Aurora theater shooting victims wanted to receive. Two days after Christmas, the families of those killed on July 20 received a letter inviting them to return to the site of the massacre for a Cinemark reopening event. They've since responded wi ... More >>
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December 20, 2012
Months after Aurora theater shooting, days after Sandy Hook, officials launch trauma website
The tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last week has reignited policy debates in Colorado that had quieted since the July 20 massacre in Aurora. And for victims of the theater shootings, the devastation in Connecticut can also trigger painful memories. That's why ... More >>
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December 17, 2012
Columbine to Newtown: A tragic list of school shootings since 1999
The senseless massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which took the lives of twenty children, including Olivia Engel, seen here, plus seven adults, instantly stirs terrible memories of the 1999 attack on Columbine High School. On the tenth anniversary of that tragedy, we assembled a horrific roster of sc ... More >>
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November 30, 2012
Aurora's Steve Hogan: Why didn't he join anti-illegal gun mayors group after theater shooting?
Steve Hogan, mayor of Aurora, the city where Century 16 shooting suspect James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and injured dozens more, is not joining a nationwide coalition of mayors that supports stricter gun laws. In response, the group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, argues that Hogan should ... More >>
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October 31, 2012
James Holmes case: Leak fears inspire order denying access to evidence for victims' lawsuits
Update: Judge William Sylvester, the jurist overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case against accused murderer James Holmes, has denied a request for access to evidence from three victims suing Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where twelve people died and 58 were injured during the July 20 attac ... More >>
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October 29, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Katie Medley among twelve new victims identified
Twelve more people have been identified as victims of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting. Recently released court documents show that prosecutors are charging alleged shooter James Holmes with 24 more counts of attempted murder -- two for each new victim -- bringing the total charges against him to ... More >>
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October 26, 2012
James Holmes case: Cinemark lawsuits amend references to prior gang shooting at Century 16
The Aurora theater shootings have spawned a number of lawsuits against Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and wounded 58. But two of the suits were subsequently amended to remove direct references to prior gang shootings at the theater -- a rationale ... More >>
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October 18, 2012
James Holmes case exploited on Facebook by district attorney candidate?
This week's cover story, "Lethal Election," reports on one of the most keenly fought local contests in Colorado this fall, the race for district attorney in the state's largest judicial district. Since Carol Chambers is term-limited, the winner in the 18th District (which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, ... More >>
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October 17, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: New lawsuit charges Century 16 owner Cinemark with negligence
Last month, three survivors of the Aurora theater shooting filed lawsuits against Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where the July 20 massacre took place. Cinemark has filed to dismiss these claims -- but another has just arrived. Marc Bern, whose New York law firm has won a big settlement on behal ... More >>
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October 16, 2012
James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group no threat to survivors, administrator says
At the most recent hearing in the case of Aurora theater shooter, a prosecutor maintained that attack survivors need anonymity because of potentially frightening interest in them by online supporters of accused killer James Holmes. An administrator of the most prominent James Holmes is Innocent Face ... More >>
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October 12, 2012
James Holmes case update: Judge wants more info about request to release victim names
Update below: Prosecutors say victims of the Aurora theater shooting are "severely concerned" about their own safety and for that reason, the names of all victims and witnesses in the case should be kept secret. The argument came in response to a request from several media outlets to release the nam ... More >>
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October 10, 2012
James Holmes case: DA brushes off call for sanctions, suing victims denied theater access
Today, three new documents were released in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes pertaining to a pair of controversies -- defense attorneys' call for sanctions against prosecutors for allegedly lying about Holmes being banned from the Anschutz Medical Campus, and a request from th ... More >>
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October 8, 2012
Reader: James Holmes Halloween mask in very bad taste
Would you pay $500 for a mask of James Holmes? One was offered last week on eBay for $500. And then would you wear it out in public? See also: - James Holmes ultra-realistic Halloween mask listed on eBay for $500 - Five tips for visiting a haunted house - Aurora Century 16: Facebook survey for reo ... More >>
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October 2, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Victims' families ask Jim Lehrer to raise gun policy at debate
In their first group message focused on gun policy, family members of those who died in the Aurora theater shooting have come together to urge presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer to press Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the topic of firearms violence when the candidates face off in Denver tomor ... More >>
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October 1, 2012
Aurora Century 16: Facebook survey vote for reopening not limited to locals
Update: Last week, we posted about the decision by Cinemark, owner of the Aurora Century 16, to reopen the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and injured 58 this past July; see our previous coverage below. Now, we've learned more details about the Facebook survey that showed t ... More >>
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September 28, 2012
James Holmes case: Aurora Century 16 owner Cinemark files to dismiss victims' lawsuits
Update: Mere hours after we published a post about the possible impact of lawsuits filed Aurora theater shooting victims on plans to reopen the Century 16, shuttered since the July 20 massacre that killed twelve and injured 58, Cinemark provided an answer -- in court. The Texas-based owner of the th ... More >>
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September 28, 2012
James Holmes case: See first of fifty newly released, often heavily redacted documents
This morning, the court released more than fifty documents in the James Holmes case that had previously been kept from public view -- dating all the way back to Holmes's application for a public defender on July 20, the day prosecutors say Holmes shot and killed twelve people and injured 58 at a mid ... More >>
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September 28, 2012
Aurora theater shooting victim impersonator suspect identified by cops, won't be charged
Update below: Law enforcement investigated motions filed by someone impersonating a victim in the James Holmes case, prosecutors say in one of 57 documents made public. As Westword previously reported, at least one of those motions is truly bizarre, claiming that Holmes is being "framed by Philip An ... More >>
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September 26, 2012
James Holmes case: Inside three victims' lawsuits against Aurora theater
Within days of the Aurora theater shooting, announcements were made about possible lawsuits over the horrific attack, in which James Holmes is accused of killing twelve people and injuring 58. Now, however, two suits have been filed against the theater's owner by a total of three surviving victims. ... More >>
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September 24, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Rich Audsley, donation adviser, reflects on funds for past massacres
Last month, ex-United Way official Rich Audsley got involved in the committee responsible for disbursing millions of donated dollars to the families of those who were killed or injured in the Aurora theater shooting. He was brought on as a special adviser because of his expertise in an area he never ... More >>
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