Batman Movie Shooting

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  'The Dark Knight Rises' Theater Gunman Trial Starts in Colorado

  James Holmes, the allegedly disturbed gunman accused of opening fire in a packed Batman movie premiere, killing 12 people, finally went on trial on Monday, nearly three years after the shocking massacre.

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  Jennifer Garner: Ben Affleck is a competitive parent

  Jennifer is currently shooting her new football movie Draft Day while Ben will soon begin filming the Batman-Superman movie.

• Judge accepts insanity plea in US movie shooting

  A judge on Tuesday accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation. The examination could be a decisive factor in determining whether the suspect James Holmes is convicted and sentenced to die.

• Victim's dad tells accused Colorado gunman to 'Rot in hell'

  Emotions boiled over on Friday at a court hearing for James Holmes, the man charged with shooting 12 people to death and wounding dozens more at a Batman movie, when the father of one victim shouted, "Rot in hell, Holmes!"

• Colorado judge orders accused movie theater gunman to stand trial

  A Colorado judge on Thursday ordered accused movie theater gunman James Holmes to stand trial on charges he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more in a shooting rampage at a midnight screening of a "Batman" movie last summer.

• Police: Colorado shooting suspect planned massacre

  As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year's Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the rampage, James Holmes.

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  'Batman' shooting suspect James Holmes played puppets

  It was just hours after a Colorado movie theatre shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack that killed 12 people.

• US theatre shooting: frantic 911 calls replayed in court

  Frantic 911 calls from the US movie theater where a massacre was underway were played in court Tuesday, on the second day of hearings to decide if the alleged gunman should stand trial.

• Background check was run before Colorado shootings: School

  The former graduate student accused in a deadly mass shooting at a movie theater had failed a key exam six weeks before the rampage, made threats and was banned from his college, prosecutors said on Thursday.

• Accused Colorado gunman applied to Illinois school with stellar grades, references

  The suspect in the Colorado movie house massacre that claimed 12 lives was once a gifted honours student who sought to "positively contribute to the world," according to newly released reference letters accompanying his application to an Illinois graduate programme.

• Colorado shooting suspect is mentally ill: Lawyers

  Attorneys for the suspect in the Colorado movie theatre shootings said on 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 asked a judge to unseal documents in the case.

• Armed US man arrested at Batman screening

  A northeast Ohio man brought a gun, ammunition and several knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie because he wanted to protect himself in case someone tried to replicate last month's deadly Colorado theatre shooting, his attorney said on Tuesday.

• Batman movie shooting: Colorado theatre lacked security, unlike some peers

  The Colorado movie theater complex that was the scene of a massacre earlier this month didn't have any uniformed security guards on duty the night of the shooting, even though other theaters operated by the same company did provide such protection for the busy premiere of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises.

• Colorado shooting suspect faces formal charges

  Launching a case that legal analysts expect to be dominated by arguments over the defendant's sanity, Colorado prosecutors are filing formal charges on Monday against James Eagan Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at an Aurora movie theatre.

• DC Comics delays Batman comic after Colorado shooting

  DC Comics is asking retailers to postpone sales of a Batman comic book out of respect for victims of the shooting at a theatre showing "The Dark Knight Rises" in Colorado.