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…
When employees of the Colorado Democratic Party office at 777 Santa Fe arrived to work on Monday, they were greeted with a nasty surprise: eleven smashed glass windows. But for many, it wasn’t much of a surprise at all. “I’m more annoyed than anything else,” says Matt Inzeo, the dems’…
It’s not about politics, it’s about the tens of thousands of people who die every year in America due to gun violence — including the twelve victims of the Aurora theater shootings. This is how Tom Mauser, father of a Columbine victim and now activist for gun control, responds to…
With any incident as shocking as the Aurora theater shootings, authorities are always fearful of copycats. Which explains the weekend arrest of Clark Tabor, who was introduced to handcuffs after allegedly making references to the Colorado tragedy — and a gun — in a Los Angeles-area theater screening The Dark…
Covering the Aurora theater shootings would have been a huge challenge for the Denver Post under any circumstances. But right now, the paper is operating under a strange handicap. For reasons that involve highly technical union rules, the Post doesn’t officially have a columnist — and its attempt to work…
Only days after the Aurora theater shootings, and mere hours after the initial court appearance by accused gunman James Holmes, TMZ reports that the first lawsuit over the assault has been filed. The plaintiff: Torrence Brown Jr., who was not physically injured in the melee but was friends with victim…
At last, some good news to come out of the horror in Aurora. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has cancelled a demonstration planned to coincide with a cattle-industry meeting tomorrow. Even PETA, which regularly uses stunts to push its agenda, realizes there are limits to bad taste for…
