Kevin Flynn, left, Aurora Police top brass division chief, and Cmdr. Jack Daluz visit the makeshift memorial. Bale places flowers at the memorial while other mourners look on.
Visitors pay tribute Tuesday, July 24, at the makeshift memorial. A cross stands at the makeshift memorial for victims across the street from the Century 16 theater on Tuesday.
Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of last weekend's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday, July Greg Zanis writes the names of the victims of last weekend's mass shooting on the crosses before erecting them at the memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday.
Zanis, a carpenter, drove all night from Illinois to deliver the crosses. Parishioners pray during morning Mass, remembering victims of the theater shooting, at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Sunday.
Angie Terry of Alabama prays next to a white wooden cross erected for victims. A man pauses before the crosses at the memorial near the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. President Barack Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall, left, and Sen. Mourners bow their heads in prayer during the vigil for the victims of the Aurora shooting. A woman is overcome with emotion during the vigil.
Tiffany Garcia, right, and her 6-year-old daughter, Angelina Garcia, cry on Saturday, July 21, as they look at a memorial for the victims of Friday's shooting.
People pray at a cross erected at the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theater on Saturday. Family, friends and former classmates of movie theater shooting victim A. Boik gather for a memorial service at Gateway High School on Saturday. Boik and his girlfriend were at the midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' when a gunman killed Boik and 11 other people.
Movie theater shooting victim A. Boik's girlfriend, Lasamoa Croft, center, embraces his mother during the memorial service. Eman Alexander, 17, pins a ribbon on his shirt while joining family, friends and former classmates to honor shooting victim A.
Denise Toepel of Denver sheds tears while visiting a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday, July Handwritten signs decorate the makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday. Gerald Wright, 24, relights candles that have blown out at the victims' memorial across from the movie theater. Bush to half-mast on Saturday.
One U. Navy sailor was killed in the shooting and another injured. Two women mourn near the theater on Saturday. Alicia Prevette, left, and Paul Stepherson attend a vigil for the victims Friday at the Century 16 movie theater. A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial where the victims of the massacre are mourned. Mourners hold hands at a vigil near the theater. Mourners hug as they grieve the loss of the victims. A group of teenagers stand behind a sign that reads "Strength.
Dara Anderson, left, and Monique Anderson cry during a candlelight vigil across the street from the crime scene. A woman holds a lit candle at a makeshift memorial. Marietta Perkins of Denver prays for victims and their families. Lonnie Delgado, right, hugs Heaven Leek during a prayer. A mourner grieves on the curb during a memorial service. Holmes never took the stand during the trial, though he was present in the courtroom, as were members of his family.
The jury also saw the autopsy reports of the victims who died, handled the three guns he used to killed them and passed around the ammunition which was taken out of their bodies.
Though the defendant didn't take the stand, the jury did hear from him via the 22 hours of recorded psychiatric interviews at both at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo and at the jail where he is being held. Two defense psychiatrists testified that Holmes suffered a psychotic break the night of the murders and could not discern between right and wrong, but two court-appointed psychiatrists told the jury the defendant was mentally ill that night, but not insane.
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James Holmes' parents in court every day. Aurora survivors forced to relive a nightmare. Aurora victim's parents: Don't name the killer. Blunk, 26 Alexander J. Childress, 29 Gordon W. McQuinn, 27 Micayla C. Sullivan, 27 Alexander C. Teves, 24 Rebecca Ann Wingo, James E. Birth date: December 13, Read More. Birth place: San Diego, California. Birth name: James Eagan Holmes. Father: Robert Holmes.
Mother: Arlene Holmes. Education: University of California, Riverside, B. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, enrolled in as a doctoral candidate in its neuroscience program. Withdrew in June Other Facts. Police say he bought the guns used in the incident legally at two sporting goods stores Bass Pro Shops and Gander Mountain and purchased more than 6, rounds of ammunition online. Holmes enters theater 9 but soon exits through a rear door on the right side of the screen, leading to a parking lot.
He leaves the door propped open and returns through it, according to a law enforcement source involved in the investigation. July 20, - Eighteen minutes into the movie, shortly after midnight, Holmes opens fire into the audience. Holmes is "dressed head-to-toe in protective gear" -- a ballistic helmet, protective gear for his legs, throat and groin, black gloves and a gas mask. He props open the door, before throwing two tear gas canisters into the theater.
After both canisters explode, witnesses say he started shooting, first at the ceiling and then at the crowd. Police say he used an AR rifle, a gauge shotgun and at least one of two. Twelve people are killed and 70 are wounded. Holmes surrenders to police outside the theater within seven minutes of the first calls, according to Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates. Five buildings, including Holmes' apartment building at Paris St. According to police, his apartment is booby trapped with a tripwire at the front door that would have touched off an array of explosives and flammable liquids.
July 21, - Investigators disarm all the makeshift bombs in Holmes' apartment, using a "controlled detonation" to disable a second triggering device.
The explosives removed include more than 30 homemade grenades and 10 gallons of gasoline.
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