Colorado Theater Shootings

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  'Batman' Theater Gunman Faces Sentencing, 3 Years On

  "Batman" theater gunman James Holmes will be back in court on Wednesday to face sentencing, a week after his conviction over the 2012 massacre that left 12 dead and 70 more injured in Colorado.

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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.

• Accused Colorado movie theater gunman ordered to undergo new sanity exam

  The man charged with mass murder for a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in a suburban enver movie theater must submit to a second pretrial sanity examination because the first was incomplete and inadequate.

• 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.

• Judge accepts insanity plea in Colorado theater shooting

  A judge has accepted James' Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in the Colorado theater shootings.

• Man charged with harassing families of Aurora theatre shooting victims

  An Oregon man with a history of mental distress was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of harassing family members of some of the 12 people slain by a gunman who opened fire on moviegoers inside a Colorado, theater last summer, police said.

• Colorado gunman had homicidal thoughts weeks before shooting, says his psychiatrist

  A University of Colorado psychiatrist who once treated accused theater gunman James Holmes described him to a campus police officer as having had "homicidal thoughts" five weeks before he allegedly killed 12 moviegoers, newly unsealed court records showed on Thursday.

• 'Batman' shooting suspect's trial in August

  A US judge entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and set an August date for him to stand trial over the horrific massacre.

• Colorado movie theater rampage: judge asked to lift gag order

  The Colorado city of Aurora has asked a judge presiding over the criminal case of last summer's movie theater massacre to lift a gag order barring police and emergency personnel from publicly discussing the rampage, a court filing made public on Wednesday showed.

• 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.

• Relatives sob as US massacre 911 calls heard in court

  Relatives wept in court on Tuesday as frantic 911 calls were played from a US theater shooting that killed 12 people last year, as prosecutors closed their case for the alleged gunman to face trial.

• Police choke up recalling Colorado theater massacre

  The former graduate student accused of shooting a dozen people to death at a Colorado movie theater last summer sat impassively in court on Monday as police recounted the nightmarish mix of blood, tear gas, screams and flashing strobe lights they found in the darkened cinema.

• 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.

• 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.