AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Denver suburb of Aurora is asking residents what should be done with the movie theater where 12 people were shot to death last month and 58 others were wounded. The city's Facebook page directs residents to an online survey. Responses are not visible on the website, but suggestions from Facebook […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Colorado's movie theater shooting hasn't rekindled the gun control debate in Congress. But Democratic leaders in three of the nation's most populous states are pushing weapons and ammunitions bans. California and New York lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it more difficult to buy and use guns. Illinois Gov. Pat […]
DENVER (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shooting case refused Monday to lift a gag order that prevents the University of Colorado from releasing information about former graduate student and suspect James Holmes. Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester also ruled that he would release some court documents in the case. James […]
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shootings said Thursday their client is mentally ill and that they need more time to assess the nature of his illness. James Holmes' lawyers made the disclosure at a court hearing in suburban Denver where news media organizations were asking a judge […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio police say a man brought a gun, ammunition and several knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie so he could protect himself, not because he had sinister intentions. Westlake Police Sgt. Mark Krumheuer said 37-year-old Scott A. Smith, of North Ridgeville, brought the weapons to a Saturday showing […]
DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist who was treating the suspected Colorado movie theater gunman asked University of Colorado police for a background check on the student six weeks before the July 20 shootings, raising questions about concerns she may have had about his behavior, a Denver television station reported Tuesday. KMGH-TV reported that the psychiatrist, […]
When mass murders barge into breaking news reports, the suspects' race is usually ushered into a blank space or assigned a low priority. Many news reports, moreover, lack any reference to the murderers' racial characteristics. These omissions leave the distinct impression that the killer's race had little or no relevance to his crime or its […]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida man faces disorderly conduct charges after a disturbance at a theater showing the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." Miami Beach police say more than 100 moviegoers fled early Tuesday after David Escamillo allegedly yelled "This is it!" during the film. Witnesses said they saw Escamillo leave […]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prosecutors on Monday charged a former neuroscience graduate student with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie. James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Ten days after the Colorado movie theater massacre, federal lawmakers introduced a bill that would effectively ban people like suspect James Holmes from buying thousands of rounds of ammunition by mail or online. "It's time to close the loophole that's allowing killers — deranged, insane — and even terrorists to buy […]
A mother who lost her 32-year-old daughter in the Aurora Theater Shooting is gearing up to sue the theater where the shooting took place. Shirley Wygal of Colorado, has obtained a Los Angeles lawyer to represent her in the suit to be filed against the Century 16 Theater. Wygal's daughter, Rebecca Wingo, was at the […]
