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, 2017 · A still from unreleased video shows the Aurora movie theater gunman's booby-trapped apartment. Video from a bomb squad robot showed gun powder, gasoline and motor oil scattered across Holmes ...

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...

Jul 21, 2012 · He is accused of opening fire in a movie theater July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding 70. Holmes faces 166 counts, almost all alleging murder or attempted murder.

A gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater on Friday, July 20, killing 12 and wounding 59, authorities said.

May 19, 2016 · The mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater on July 20, 2012, left 12 dead and dozens more injured. See a timeline of events in the case and the trial.

Jul 26, 2012 · See a detailed outline of the events and facts surrounding the mass shooting at a Colorado theater, which was showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20, 2012.