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  • Defense: Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist

    COLLEEN SLEVIN, NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press

    DENVER (AP) — The former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, the first indication that he may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58. Attorneys for James Holmes, 24, made the disclosure in a court motion Friday as they sought to discover the source of leaks to some media outlets that he sent the psychiatrist a package containing a notebook with descriptions of an attack. The motion s...

  • Colo. massacre suspect mum as he heads to court

    GILLIAN FLACCUS, NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press

    AURORA, Colo. — As the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre heads to his first court appearance, authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could take months to learn what prompted the horrific attack on midnight moviegoers at a Batman film premiere. James Holmes has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree m...

  • Shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair

    NICHOLAS RICCARDI, P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. — His hair dyed orange-red and a dazed look on his face, the man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at the opening of the new Batman movie appeared Monday in court for the first time. An unshaven, handcuffed James Holmes sat in maroon jailhouse jumpsuit as the judge advised him of the case. Holmes sat motionless, his eyes appearing tired and drooping. Holmes, 24, has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility since Friday. Holmes is being held on suspicion of f...

  • Shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair

    NICHOLAS RICCARDI, P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. — His hair dyed orange-red and a dazed look on his face, the man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at the opening of the new Batman movie appeared Monday in court for the first time. An unshaven, handcuffed James Holmes sat in maroon jailhouse jumpsuit as the judge advised him of the case. Holmes sat motionless, his eyes appearing tired and drooping. AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool) James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court, today, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is being h...

  • Shooting suspect's gun range membership rejected

    GILLIAN FLACCUS, NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press

    AURORA, Colo. — Shooting suspect James Holmes applied to join a Colorado gun range last month but never became a member because of his behavior and a "bizarre" message on his voice mail greeting, the range's owner said Sunday. Holmes, 24, emailed an application to join the Lead Valley Range in Byers on June 25 in which he said he was not a user of illegal drugs or a convicted felon, said owner Glenn Rotkovich. But when Rotkovich called to invite him to a mandatory orientation the following week, he said he heard Holmes' v...