At his next court appearance, on Monday, suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is expected to be formally charged by a prosecution team fronted by 18th Judicial District DA Carol Chambers. Our Alan Prendergast is an expert on Chambers thanks to feature articles such as “The Punisher,” so it’s no…
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 this stuff shrivels…
Even before his bizarre first court appearance, reports have circulated about alleged weird behavior by suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes. One of the most vivid has already been debunked, not that it’s stopped the story from zipping around the web. Hard to believe all of them (or perhaps any…
On Wednesday, we shared reports that suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes had sent a CU psychiatrist a notebook of attack plans and drawings. But if it exists, that item is off-limits, and so are all other typically public records related to the grad student under an order signed by…
You know that awful feeling when you approach the spot where you parked your bike only to find that some or all of it has been stolen? Well, a new smartphone app — whose makers are now looking to tap into the Denver market — is designed to give victims…
Last night’s Florence + The Machine show at Red Rocks is one attendees will always remember — because of the music, of course, but also due to the expanded stretch when it stopped. According to our Kelsey Whipple, who reviewed the show, the encore began with lead singer Florence Welch…
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…
Days after accused gunman James Holmes fired shots at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, there have been heated discussions about gun control, along with debates on whether it is an appropriate time to tackle the subject. We gave Denver Mayor Michael Hancock an opportunity to…
Update below: News of the Aurora theater shootings and suspected killer James Holmes continue to dominate headlines not just in Colorado, but nationwide — and Yates Walker is sick of it. Writing for The Daily Caller, Walker, a self-described conservative activist, vents his frustration in a piece entitled “James Holmes…
Instagram isn’t just a creative tool. It’s also a way for people to visually process their feelings — and that’s certainly the case when it comes to the Aurora theater shootings. The images we found vary from mournful to inspirational to livid and back again. Check out the collection below,…
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 the weekend…
Colorado dealers turned in 40 percent more background check requests for gun purchasers in the four days after the Aurora theater shootings than they did the previous weekend, a spike in gun sales similar to previous runs after other mass killings, including the 1999 Columbine High School attack, according to…
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 Rises,…
The cinematic Batman has been at the center of the media spotlight since the Aurora theater shooting for obvious reasons: The assault took place during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. But the comics version is under scrutiny, too, which explains why DC has delayed an upcoming issue,…
Update below: Each day seems to bring another shocking report in the Aurora theater shootings investigation. Today’s? Fox News maintains that suspected murderer James Holmes sent a notebook filled with plans and details of his assault to a University of Colorado psychiatrist — but it wasn’t discovered until after the…
Three days after Jeremiah and Lindsay Wheelersburg escaped the Century 16 shootings in Aurora unharmed, the couple got some unexpected news: They are having their first child. For the pair from Aurora, it’s strange and wonderful news that gives them new perspective on one of their most traumatic experiences…
In the days since the Aurora theater shootings, the blogosphere has erupted with theories intended to explain the inexplicable — why James Holmes allegedly opened fire at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Predictably, these analyses range from the somewhat plausible to the incredibly bizarre and frequently offensive…
18th Judicial District Chief Judge William Sylvester has barred cameras from next Monday’s court appearance by James Holmes, the suspected gunman in the Aurora theater shootings. And while his order, on view below, doesn’t specifically mention the national guessing game about Holmes’s mental condition that followed videos from his first…
Ken Gordon is a crusader. Term-limited out of the Colorado Senate, the one-time candidate for Secretary of State, a position that oversees elections, has now decided to fix the system from the outside. Last year, he founded CleanSlateNow.org, a non-partisan organization working to get money out of politics by pressing…
Update: Yesterday, in an item below, we shared the story of Caleb Medley, a budding stand-up comic horribly wounded in the Aurora theater shootings. He attended the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises with his wife, Katie, only days before she was due to deliver their first child, and…
Update below: The Aurora theater shooting took place during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, who released a statement afterward expressing his horror at the event that took the lives of twelve people. Now, he’s sharing those emotions in person, during a visit with victims of…
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 employees have been…
