James E. Holmes
Police in Aurora, Colorado, have arrested James Eagan Holmes, 24, in the killing of 12 and injuring of at least 38 people at a midnight premiere showing of the new Batman movie,
The Dark Knight Rises.
• KMGH TV has reported the police as saying Holmes is not cooperating. He is slated to appear for arraignment in court on Monday.
• The FBI states that Holmes is a white male, 6 feet, 3 inches tall. He was born on Dec. 13, 1987.
• Holmes had attended high school in San Diego. His mother still lives there. Family members have said their "hearts go out" to the victims.
• He enrolled as a PhD candidate in neuroscience at the University of Colorado Medical Center in 2011. He was in the process of withdrawing from that program.
• The U.S. Army, concerned over speculation that the shooter might have been a veteran — and eager to stifle the meme of the psychotic veteran before it spread — felt compelled to email that a database check of the suspect resulted in “no evidence suggest[ing] this individual served in the Army.”
• Holmes was dressed in black, wearing a gas mask and a bullet-resistant vest. He was carrying several firearms, including two handguns, what has been described as an "AK-47-style" assault rifle, and a shotgun.
10:19 AM PT: CNN is reporting that the assault rifle is a "knock-off" of an AR-15 (the civlian, semi-automatic version of the military M-16).
The University of California, Riverside, has confirmed that James Holmes graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience in 2010.
10:59 AM PT: Police spokesman now saying that 71 people shot. Some rounds penetrated into another theater and one person was injured as a result.