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| − | '''James Eagan Holmes''' is suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a mass murder perpetrated at a sold-out midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie about Batman. Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange, apparently in imitation of the Joker, a nemesis of Batman. He "told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets."<ref name="ABC News">http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holmes-spitting-correction-officers-forcing-spit-guard/story?id=16844456/ref> | + | '''James Eagan Holmes''' is suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a mass murder perpetrated at a sold-out midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie about Batman. Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange, apparently in imitation of the Joker, a nemesis of Batman. He "told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets."<ref name="ABC News">http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holmes-spitting-correction-officers-forcing-spit-guard/story?id=16844456</ref> |
Holmes was obsessed with role-playing [[video games]] and reportedly planned his attack long in advance. | Holmes was obsessed with role-playing [[video games]] and reportedly planned his attack long in advance. | ||
Revision as of 00:36, July 25, 2012
James Eagan Holmes is suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a mass murder perpetrated at a sold-out midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie about Batman. Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange, apparently in imitation of the Joker, a nemesis of Batman. He "told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets."[1]
Holmes was obsessed with role-playing video games and reportedly planned his attack long in advance.
Holmes will be formally charged with multiple first-degree murders. While in jail, Holmes has repeatedly spat on guards.[1]