James Eagan Holmes Charged With 24 Counts Of Murder, 116 Counts Of Attempted Murder For Colorado Shooting Rampage
Via CBS News
(CBS/AP) CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Colorado prosecutors filed 24 counts of murder charges Monday against James Eagan Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others at an Aurora movie theater.
For each victim who died in the rampage, Holmes, 24, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one for allegedly intending to cause harm and another for allegedly acting with extreme indifference to human life, according to court documents.
Prosecutors also filed 116 counts of attempted murder against Holmes, who Aurora police said booby trapped his apartment with the intent to kill any officers responding there the night of the theater attack. Among the charges Monday was one count of possession of explosives and one count of committing a crime of violence.
Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but at one point exchanged a few words with one of his attorneys in the packed courtroom. He was not expected to enter pleas on Monday. He ultimately could verbally enter a plea, or his attorneys could enter it for him.
Unlike Holmes' first court appearance July 23, Monday's hearing was not televised. At the request of the defense, District Chief Judge William Sylvester barred video and still cameras from the hearing, saying expanded coverage could interfere with Holmes' right to a fair trial.
Last week, Sylvester allowed a live video feed that permitted the world its first glimpse of the shooting suspect. With an unruly mop of orange hair, Holmes appeared bleary-eyed and distracted. He did not speak.
Investigators said Holmes began stockpiling gear for his assault four months ago and bought his weapons in May and June, well before the shooting spree just after midnight during a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."
The four guns retrieved from the shooting were purchased legally at three Colorado gun stores between May 22 and July 6, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports. A federal law enforcement source told CBS News that Holmes spent $15,000 fortifying his arsenal online. Authorities found a shipping label from BulkAmmo.com in a dumpster near Holmes' apartment, the source said. EBay was the vendor Holmes used to purchase some body armor, the source said.
Holmes was arrested by police outside the theater. Analysts said that means it's likely there's only one main point of legal dispute between prosecutors and the defense.
"I don't think it's too hard to predict the path of this proceeding," said Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver. "This is not a whodunit. ... The only possible defense is insanity."
One development over the weekend brought more grief. A woman who was critically wounded and whose 6-year-old daughter was killed suffered a miscarriage because of the trauma, her family said Saturday. Ashley Moser's daughter, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed in the attack.
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Comment by SonGetWrec on July 31, 2012 at 10:01am -
gas chamber for holmes 2012. "you know what the gas chamber smells like? pine oil. yeah we gon' send you to a pine oil hell boy..."-Alonzo
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Comment by 1THUG aka YOU WET THA BED!! on July 31, 2012 at 9:49am -
GEORGE FREEMAN....look at what chu said...MUSLIMS HAVE MORE TERRORIST ACTIVITY THAN WHITE PEOPLE!!
negga is you crazy?? tha white man IS THA ORIGINAL TERRORIST!! negga came outt tha cave to rape, steal, pillage, murda, and enslave...I SAY THROUGHOUT THA COURSE OF HUMAN HIS STORY, THERE IS NO BIGGER TERRORIST THAN THA WHITE MAN!!
when you see dogs bein sicked, fire bombin, water hoses sprayed on INNOCENT MARCHERS...i'd say thazz terroristic activity!!
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Comment by Gordon Freeman on July 31, 2012 at 5:36am -
because muslims tend to have terorist activity more then white people..
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Comment by Mohamed on July 31, 2012 at 3:19am -
Ni**as would call it terrorism if he was Muslim. But, yeah he is white, it is just a murder.
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Comment by paul on July 31, 2012 at 3:09am -
This murderer deserves a slow painful torturous death. Life in prison or a standard execution is too good for him.
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Comment by 1THUG aka YOU WET THA BED!! on July 30, 2012 at 9:23pm
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ronnoo macdonnoo lookin negga...negga hair color is autumn sunrise...why tha fugg he dye his hair orange wit a head like dat??
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Comment by LadyTruth®™ on July 30, 2012 at 7:50pm -
Yo we need a boo button I want to give this 1 a thumbs down..Thisis50 needs to be the 1st to do it then Facebook will follow lololol Boooooooooo for this fool......
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Comment by LadyTruth®™ on July 30, 2012 at 7:46pm
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Death Penalty 4 him..& I feel as if they should change the Death Penalty laws & after they get death penalty they should be killed within 5-10 yrs at most no longer than that kill em & put em in the grave ...b/c they have committed heinous crimes against people in society for no apparent reason ...murderers, rapists, child molesters .. kidnappers etc they are no good for our children women, communities or families
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Comment by AFGun KinG on July 30, 2012 at 7:20pm -
is this even the same dude they were showing pictures of? dont look like him.
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Comment by SMP on July 30, 2012 at 6:17pm -
And I hope you are right Apex.
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