Dressed in tactical clothing, 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms. Twelve people were killed and 70 others were injured, 58 of them by gunfire. Holmes was arrested minutes later in his car outside the cinema.

James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is an American mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora theater shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others (62 directly and eight indirectly) at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20, 2012. [10]

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurs at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb, killing 12 people—the youngest a 6-year-old girl—and injuring at least 70 others.

Jul 19, 2013 · Here is a look at the July 20, 2012, movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Twelve people were killed and 70 injured. On July 16, 2015, James Holmes was found guilty on all 165 counts...

Jul 20, 2022 · James Holmes, then aged 24, slaughtered 12 people, and wounded 70 more, when he stormed a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, 2012. He donned protective gear and hurled gas...

3 days ago · 2 teens injured in shooting in Aurora 00:34. Two teenagers were shot and injured in the parking lot of a roller skating rink in Aurora on Saturday, according to Aurora police investigators, who ...

Jul 20, 2017 · Colorado movie theater shooting: suspect bought 4 guns, 6,000 rounds of ammunition in past 60 days

Aug 26, 2015 · A Colorado judge formally sentenced James Eagan Holmes to multiple life terms plus thousands of years in prison for the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and wounded 70.

Jul 20, 2012 · A gunman fired into a suburban Denver movie theater Thursday night during a midnight opening of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 people and injuring 59 others, authorities in...

3 days ago · AURORA, Colo. — Two teenagers were shot outside an Aurora roller skating rink late in the afternoon on Saturday and police are now working to identify the suspects. Shortly after 5:20 p.m. Saturday, officers with the Aurora Police Department responded to a report of a shootout in the south parking ...