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On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, United States, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. Dressed in tactical clothing, 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. American mass murderer (born 1987) James Holmes Mugshot of Holmes at Arapahoe County Jail after his arrest Born James Eagan Holmes (1987-12-13) December 13, 1987 (age 37) San Diego, California, U.S. Education Westview High School Alma mater University of California, Riverside (BS ...
On July 20, 2012, Aurora was the site of the deadliest shooting by a lone shooter in Colorado (and the state's overall second deadliest, after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre). [23] The shooting occurred just after midnight, when James Holmes opened fire during the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in a Century movie theater ...
The judge in the Colorado movie massacre trial asked jurors on Monday if they saw reports of last week's deadly shooting at a Louisiana cinema, and whether they could remain impartial as they ...
Location Date Number of persons killed Description Ludlow Massacre: Ludlow: April 20, 1914: c. 21: The deadliest incident of the Colorado Coalfield War, a major coal miner strike. The Colorado National Guard as well as private guards employed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company fired on a tent colony of 1,200 strikers and their families.
Kent State shootings: 1970 May 4 Kent: Ohio: 4 Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University. Easter Sunday Massacre: 1975 Mar 30 Hamilton: Ohio: 11 All victims were family members of the killer shot and killed by pistols at a family gathering. Golden Dragon massacre: 1977 Sep 4 San Francisco: California ...
Location War Campaign Dead Belligerents Sand Creek Massacre [1] November 29, 1864 near modern Eads: Colorado War: 187 [a] United States of America vs Cheyenne & Arapaho: Battle of Julesburg: January 7, 1865 near modern Julesburg: Colorado War 14 United States of America & civilian volunteers vs Cheyenne, Arapaho, & Lakota Sioux: American Ranch ...
The site is now 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southwest of the present Julesburg location. [7] Fort Sedgwick and Julesburg were attacked on January 7, 1865, by about 1,000 Cheyenne and Sioux men in retribution for the Sand Creek massacre (November 29, 1864). [8]