Post by Whisker on Jul 30, 2012 17:34:07 GMT -1
Colorado suspect hit with slew of murder charges
Prosecutors charged grad school dropout James Holmes on Monday with killing a dozen people and trying to slay 116 more in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
The 24-year-old neuroscience student allegedly burst into a midnight viewing of the latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," then opened fire into the packed auditorium with a high-powered assault rifle.
Twelve people died at the scene, ten of the 58 who were wounded in the July 20 attack remain hospitalized and four remain in a critical condition, leaving open the possibility that the huge charge sheet could yet grow longer.
Among those clinging to life in intensive care is Ashley Moser, 25, whose six-year-old daughter Veronica was killed in the massacre. Moser was shot in the neck and stomach and has since lost her unborn child.
Prosecutors charged grad school dropout James Holmes on Monday with killing a dozen people and trying to slay 116 more in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
The 24-year-old neuroscience student allegedly burst into a midnight viewing of the latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," then opened fire into the packed auditorium with a high-powered assault rifle.
Twelve people died at the scene, ten of the 58 who were wounded in the July 20 attack remain hospitalized and four remain in a critical condition, leaving open the possibility that the huge charge sheet could yet grow longer.
Among those clinging to life in intensive care is Ashley Moser, 25, whose six-year-old daughter Veronica was killed in the massacre. Moser was shot in the neck and stomach and has since lost her unborn child.
