A gas mask was marked as the first piece of evidence in a criminal investigation outside the parking lot behind the Century 16 movie theatre
The masked gunman arrested for the shooting rampage, who later told police he was The Joker, is a highly educated PhD neuroscience student.
James Eagan Holmes, 24, is alleged to have walked into theatre number nine of the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and opened fire on the audience, using four different weapons to murder a dozen people.
Dressed head to toe in black combat clothes and sporting dyed red hair and a red goatee, he then calmly left the cinema and told police that he was The Joker, a senior police officer revealed.
Last night, as Holmes was still in police custody, a picture was starting to emerge of him as a well-educated young man who had never previously been in trouble with the police, save for a single traffic infringement.
Raised in California by his parents Arlene and Robert, he moved from San Diego to Colorado after graduating from The University of California, Riverside, in 2010 with a degree in neuroscience.
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A few details are now starting to emerge and the Telegraph was the best synopsis I’ve found today. The rest of it is “just crazy”. I’m not willing to go there because I’m thinking about fair trials and all that.
The media sensationalism must stop. We must wait else we risk the possibility that he will — in time — “walk” — and that is not a random thought.
We need to “shut up” and let the authorities do what they will. I say this because my thoughts are with the victims and I want justice for them. ALL of them and we can’t expect that if we turn this situation into a legal nightmare. A local judge can shut this down in a heartbeat and in my view he (or she) should.
It’s a great story but unfortunately for the media it has strong legal ramifications and any sitting judge would know that.
Just FYI.
Goodnight again.