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September 21, 2012
James Holmes: Strange new mug shot, ten new counts -- and five more victims?
On the same day that a new, wild-eyed mug shot was released of James Holmes -- one that shows his hair close-cropped and returning to its natural dark color -- the accused Aurora theater shooter has been charged with ten additional counts of attempted murder at the request of prosecutors. The docume ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2012
James Holmes railroaded...for running a red light, says traffic-ticket critic
Despite the allegations against him in the Aurora Theater Shooting, accused killer James Holmes has plenty of defenders, including members of the James Holmes Is Innocent Facebook page and so-called Holmies fan groups. Now, an editor at the Washington Times is also saying Holmes was railroaded -- bu ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, prime suspect in bizarre court filings
Last week, we told you about a bizarre court filing in the Aurora theater shooting case -- one that blamed the incident on a police chief and the Illuminati, among others. Shortly thereafter, Reddit user FreedomsTorch set out to unmask the prankster behind the document. He concludes the culprit is s ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Victims' families still concerned about donation disbursment
In August, family members of eleven victims killed in the Aurora theater shooting came together for a joint press conference to express their concern that millions of dollars donated in their loved ones' names were not reaching them. Three weeks and three meetings later, some of them say they sti ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group insists it's serious
Seven weeks to the day since the Aurora theater shooting, the sort of James Holmes tribute pages that popped up in the immediate aftermath of the massacre are showing unexpected staying power on Facebook. Most (like this one) are mainly about shock value. But the largest Facebook group we've found - ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Bizarre court filing blames massacre on police chief, Illuminati
Earlier, we introduced you to the James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group, whose members say they're uninterested in wild conspiracy theories -- like, for example, the assertions in the strangest Aurora theater shooting document to date. The motion, made public yesterday and on view below, deals wit ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2012
James Holmes: Did he call CU hospital nine minutes before Aurora theater shooting?
Most of the lengthy hearing yesterday in the James Holmes case focused on whether the prosecution will have access to a package the suspect allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton before the July 20th shooting at an Aurora movie theater. But one quick exchange between Fenton and the defense rais ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2012
James Holmes defense accuses prosecutors of reckless disregard for the truth
The 18th Judicial District has made public another document in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case -- a so-called register of actions for the past week. And it contains some intriguing revelations. Among them: word of a motion in which Holmes's attorneys accuse prosecutors of reckless disr ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2012
James Homes case: Why the delay in ruling about CU educational records?
At a hearing last Thursday related to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case, Judge William Sylvester said he hoped to rule by Monday about whether prosecutors should have access to the suspect's University of Colorado educational documents. However, a decision on that matter hasn't been made ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Is local media ignoring victims and their families?
Members of eleven families with a loved one who died in the Aurora theater shooting gathered yesterday to criticize Governor John Hickenlooper and a nonprofit in charge of donations, claiming they've been left out of the process. Some of them also had complaints about another group: the local media ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2012
James Holmes case: Dr. Lynne Fenton's trial by media fire
Much of the media's focus in the second wave of reporting on the Aurora theater shooting has been on Dr. Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist revealed to have cared for accused killer James Holmes. Recent coverage has whip-sawed from Fenton tributes supported by CU documents on view below to claims she coul ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2012
James Holmes info the media wants from CU and isn't getting
While CU is able to refute misinformation in the James Holmes case (like prosecution claims he was banned from campus for threats), the school has otherwise been banned from releasing most other info. Not all, though. For instance, the school is sharing what media outlets want -- and aren't going t ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2012
James Holmes: Was he banned from CU or not?
Yesterday, in her courtroom coverage of the latest James Holmes hearing, Melanie Asmar quoted prosecutors as saying the accused Aurora theater shooter had been banned from the University of Colorado after he'd made threats -- and so did pretty much every other media outlet on the planet. Now, howeve ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2012
James Holmes threatened professor, said he wanted to "kill people," DA says
James Holmes "had conversations with a classmate about wanting to kill people in March 2012" and "made threats to a professor" at the University of Colorado according to a motion written by prosecutors (and on view below). The motion, which was made public today, says "evidence gathered so far" incl ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2012
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine says the Aurora shooting was staged by Obama, while Marilyn Manson makes a joke about James Holmes
See also: - Deadmau5 disses Playboy model for her tweet joking about Batman shooting - Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer honors Aurora shooting victims - Tim McGraw and other musicians pay tribute to the Aurora shooting victims - Neil Diamond donates proceeds from merch sales to Aurora Victim R ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2012
James Holmes's expert can watch some (but not all) evidence testing, judge rules
James Holmes's own "confidential defense expert" has a right to be present during evidence testing if the testing will destroy the evidence but not otherwise, a judge ruled today. Holmes, 24, is charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the July 20 Aurora theater shoot ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2012
James Holmes case: Media's argument to make more information available
As we've reported, Judge William Sylvester ordered that the majority of documents in the James Holmes shooting case remain sealed. But those he's letting the public see include the argument by some of the country's major media organizations about why they should be allowed more access, including com ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2012
James Holmes-should-sit-at-defense-table motion, other newly released documents
A total of 34 motions were made public yesterday in the case of James Holmes, accused of the Aurora theater shooting. Much of the court file remains sealed, but Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester also released the register of actions, a chronological list of all actions in the ca ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2012
James Holmes, aka The Llama: Bizarre photo, impressive docs from grad school application
During a Thursday court hearing, attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes said their client is mentally ill. But a different Holmes emerges in his 2010 application to a neuroscience program -- a brilliant yet quirky individual dubbed "The Llama" because of an odd photo he submitted ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2012
James Holmes being evicted: Guess those bombs broke his lease
Yesterday's court hearing for James Holmes, at which his attorneys repeatedly said their client is mentally ill, wasn't the only court proceeding involving the accused Aurora theater shooter. As seen in a document on view below, his landlord is also going through the formal process of evicting him. ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
Ten most offensive pop-culture reactions to the Aurora theater shooting
While the state and country cope with the Aurora theater shooting, many have come together to aid the victims and their families. But others have turned their attentions in a completely different direction. Recently, a string of public, poorly timed jokes has attracted national attention for targeti ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
PETA: Encourage nonviolence by putting James Holmes on vegetarian diet
In the wake of the Aurora theater shooting, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals canceled a Denver protest in deference to the victims. But now, PETA has made the tragedy the centerpiece of a new PR blitz. The organization has written a letter to the Arapahoe County Sheriff Office (see it bel ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Diana DeGette pushes bill to restrict online ammo sales
Since James Holmes fired shots into a movie theater in Aurora, killing twelve people, politicians across the country have launched heated debates about gun control. Now, Representative Diana DeGette has entered the fray with proposed legislation that she says could help prevent this kind of tragedy ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2012
Jeffrey Ross's Aurora theater shooting joke won't be aired by Comedy Central
Update: Earlier this morning, we posted about comic Jeffrey Ross making an Aurora theater shooting joke at a Comedy Central roast of onetime Denver resident Roseanne Barr; see our earlier coverage below. We noted that Ross hasn't apologized for the gags, and he still hasn't. But he's now admitting ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2012
James Holmes Dies: Jokey Twitter account has 39,000 followers and falling
As our posts about Aurora theater shooting jokes by comedians Dane Cook and Jeffrey Ross make clear, using the massacre to get laughs is dodgy business right now. But that hasn't stopped the person or persons behind James Holmes Dies, a Twitter account with more than 39,000 followers.
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Priest wonders if James Holmes was possessed by a demon
There have been plenty of theories about James Holmes's actions in the Aurora theater shooting, including some that appear semi-plausible (e.g., reactions to antidepressants) and others that seem unmoored from reality (the assault was staged to promote a United Nations gun control measure). The pos ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Offensive theater review for closed Aurora Century 16 still on Movietimes.com
After the Aurora theater shooting, the Century 16, where a twelve people died and dozens more were hurt during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, closed, and there are very real doubts about whether it will ever re-open. Nonetheless, pages for the theater remain on all the major online m ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Reference to James Holmes being psychiatric patient censored
On Friday, we shared with you recently filed court documents in the Aurora theater shooting. Among their revelations: Accused killer James Holmes was under psychiatric care prior to the assault. Now, however, that same document, which remains uncensored in our post, and in this one, has been altere ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2012
Photo: James Holmes-Obama billboard's message defended by conservative group
In the immediate aftermath of the Aurora theater shooting, President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney backed off politics for a few days. But the pair are back to going after each other hammer and tongs, as are their supporters -- like a group in Idaho that pr ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2012
James Holmes: 24 counts of first-degree murder, 116 counts of attempted murder
Update below: At a hearing this morning, the 18th Judicial District DA's office formally informed suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes of the charges against him -- and there are 142 of them. Westword was in this courtroom this morning and will provide detailed coverage of the hearing shor ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2012
James Holmes memes: New low in online response to Aurora theater shootings
We all process tragedy differently, which may explain the attempts to wring humor from the Aurora theater shooting. But like the James Holmes Facebook tribute pages, or tweets about how the suspected killer is hot, the proliferation of James Holmes memes is mondo-disturbing. Under the theory that th ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2012
James Holmes defense filing confirms package, psychiatric care: Read it here
A court filing today made by the defense team representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes (see it and other documents below) offers up a series of revelations. It notes that Holmes was under psychiatric care prior to the attack, offers up the name of the CU Denver staffer in question, c ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
James Holmes is cute tweets earn well deserved Twitter backlash
The Aurora theater shootings have generated plenty of sympathy online -- but also some twisted responses on the fringes. Now, in the tradition of Facebook tribute pages to James Holmes, the man accused of murdering twelve people and injuring dozens more at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Ris ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Rev. Jesse Jackson planning event near James Holmes's apartment
The Associated Press is reporting that the Reverend Jesse Jackson will meet today with the husband of an Aurora theater shooting victim. He's also said to be planning a press event near the apartment of suspected murderer James Holmes following a nationwide series of gun-violence gatherings over th ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Aurora shooting: Jessica Ghawi scholarship fund zooms past goal with help from L.A. Kings
The first person identified as a victim of the Aurora theater shooting was Jessica Ghawi, a.k.a. Jessica Redfield, a fledgling sports journalist interning for 104.3 The Fan. On Tuesday, her family created a scholarship fund in her name in the hope that $20,000 could be raised by November 20. But tha ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
James Holmes in court: Mentally ill or faking it?
After suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes made his first court appearance yesterday, a national guessing game began. The question: Is Holmes, who appeared stunned and befuddled during his moments before the camera, exhibiting legitimate signs of mental illness, or is he acting? The debate ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
James Holmes's tactical gear provider accused of having "blood on its hands"
After some of the equipment belonging to Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes was traced back to a Chesterfield, Missouri company called Tactical Gear, reps spoke out about the ties online. Since then, as noted by our eagle-eyed sister blog at St. Louis' Riverfront Times, Tactical Gear emplo ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
James Holmes's red-hair photo, dating site claims: Legit or Internet hoaxes?
The shootings at the Aurora Century 16 theater continue to dominate the news of the nation. But amid the release of victim's names and more details about suspect James Holmes's booby-trapped apartment, most mainstream outlets are either ignoring or downplaying alleged photos of the suspect with dyed ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
Videos: After Aurora theater shooting, Craig Ferguson strikes right tone, Jay Leno doesn't
As was the case following the 1999 Columbine tragedy, late-night hosts faced a difficult task in dealing with early Friday's shootings at the Century 16 in Aurora. How to treat this horrific incident respectfully and then attempt to make the nation laugh? That night, Craig Ferguson passed the test ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
Photo: James Holmes mug shot
The Aurora Police Department has just released what's destined to be the most infamous mug shot of this particular Colorado moment -- the booking photo of James Holmes, the accused Aurora theater shooter. Look below to see a larger version of the disturbing image.
Blogs
July 21, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Police chief says James Holmes's apartment was rigged to kill
Aurora police Chief Dan Oates expressed anger today when talking about theater shooting suspect James Holmes's "booby-trapped" apartment. "Make no mistake," Oates said at a press conference. "This apartment was designed ... to kill whoever entered it. And who was most likely to enter that location a ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: List of victims who died released by coroner's office
The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office has released a list of the people who died in the shooting at the Century 16 theater in Aurora. Jessica Ghawi, 24, an intern at 104.3 The Fan, had already been identified by friends and family. The other names include Veronica Moser-Sullivan, age six. Here's the ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Missy Franklin, The Fray and more react on Twitter
Twitter lets folks from all walks of life to share their thoughts about tragedies like the shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16, celebrities included. Many stars who've weighed in have connections to Colorado, including Olympic hopeful Missy Franklin, The Fray and budding minister Peter Teb ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: One vigil tonight at 7 p.m., another Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Update, July 20, 5:45 p.m.: There are now two vigils planned for the victims of the Aurora Century 16 theater shooting. One, at 7 p.m. tonight, is being hosted by local clergy members, according to Aurora Representative Rhonda Fields, who announced this morning that she'd be hosting a vigil tonight. ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
James Holmes -- not that James Holmes -- gets Facebook slammed after Aurora theater attack
In a post about the post-Columbine tragedy rumor mill, Alan Prendergast notes that people who share a name with James Holmes, the accused shooter in the attack on an Aurora theater screening The Dark Knight Rises, would likely be inaccurately targeted via their Facebook page. And so it came to pass ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: 12 dead, 59 injured, chief won't address Joker rumors
Update below: During a just-completed news conference about last night's shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates was asked by numerous national reporters to confirm reports that accused gunman James Holmes had ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting & disgusting questions about The Dark Knight Rises box office
We understand that media outlets doing wall-to-wall coverage of last night's shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rise have to look at every possible angle of the story. But excuse me for being repulsed by stories speculating about whether the ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: Neighbors of James Holmes forced to leave apartment building
Ben Leung just wants to get a shower. He really wishes he'd made a more appropriate wardrobe selection, especially since he's been standing around all day in the sweltering heat answering the same questions over and over. Then again, when the armed officers roused him at 2:30 a.m. today, he didn't t ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: James Holmes did not drink at the Zephyr Lounge, says Myron Melnick
James Holmes did not drink here. Earlier today, a media outlet interviewed a gentleman described as a bouncer at a bar that the accused Aurora Theater killer supposedly frequented. That particular interview didn't mention the name of the bar, but an earlier report on one of the TV stations did: the ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
Aurora theater shooting: James Holmes bought four guns in two months and 6k rounds of ammo
James Holmes, the 24-year-old suspect in the Aurora theater shooting, legally bought four guns at metro gun shops in the last sixty days, Aurora police Chief Dan Oates said at a press conference tonight. Holmes also bought more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the Internet, Oates said, including ... More >>
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