Police interview gives details of Holmes' state of mind

May 5, 2015

In the hours after the shooting, the police interviewing James Holmes in a tiny room at the Aurora Police Department said to him, “You’ve seen this before hundreds of times. Do you have any questions?” His answer was, “Were children hurt?” Other moments from James Holmes during that interview: The...

FBI agent: Booby-trapped apartment would have killed or maimed 'whoever was there'

May 5, 2015

Centennial, Colo. — In addition to shooting up Theater 9 at the Century 16 in Aurora on July 20, 2012, James Holmes booby-trapped his apartment with a goal of killing or maiming anyone who was lured in by the loud music that began blaring from his computer half an hour...

Drier eyes for first time in weeks at Aurora theater shooting trial

May 4, 2015

Drier eyes for first time in weeks at Aurora theater shooting trial May 4, 2015 Filed under AURORA THEATER TRIAL Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email CENTENNIAL, Colo. — When the gunman of the Aurora theater shooting was booked for interviewing, he passed two signs on the...

Watch: Aurora Theater trial - Week 1 in review

May 3, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – ABC producer and CU News Corps contributor Carol McKinley discusses the first week of the Aurora theater shooting trial with CU News Corps reporter Lo Snelgrove. https://vimeo.com/126742952

From the Front Row: Big Bad Media

April 30, 2015

It’s getting easier to find a seat in the main courtroom. On Day 3 of the theater shooting trial, media outlets are starting to pull their reporters one by one. Which means more spots are opening up. The international outlets left after the first day. Many of the national outlets...

Does showing graphic images help the prosecution in its quest for the death penalty?

April 30, 2015

From left to right: Defendant James Holmes (in glasses), Public defender Kristen Nelson and Public Defender Dan King react as photographs of 10 of the deceased victims in the Aurora Century 16 theater are shown to the jury on a big screen in the courtroom. Jurors cried and victims’ families...

First responder testimony highlights first week of Aurora theater trial

April 30, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Aurora Police Officer Justin Grizzle took the stand Thursday in the Aurora theater trial and was asked under oath to describe how the Century 16 theater looked when he first entered on the morning of July 20, 2012. “It was horrendous. It was a nightmare,” Grizzle said...

From the Front Row: Big Bad Media

April 29, 2015

It’s getting easier to find a seat in the main courtroom. On Day 3 of the theater shooting trial, media outlets are starting to pull their reporters one by one. Which means more spots are opening up. The international outlets left after the first day. Many of the national outlets...

Aurora theater shooting trial Day 3: Police officers and survivors describe carnage

April 29, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Hours after the Aurora movie theater had been emptied of victims on July 20, 2012, a mass of abandoned cell phones lay scattered throughout the room, ringing incessantly. It went on all night, Aurora Police Sgt. Specialist Gerald Jonsgaard — a first responder at the scene —...

Opening statements in Aurora theater shooting trial focus on horror, insanity

April 27, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Prosecutors focused on “bullets, blood, brains and bodies” during Monday’s opening statements in the Aurora theater shooting trial, while defense attorneys predictably posited that defendant James Holmes was insane when he walked into the theater on July 20, 2012, for a midnight movie showing that ended with...

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