With the door being propped open, Holmes proceeded to his car where he had left his weapons of choice to carry out his plan. He put on Police SWAT gear, loaded up his guns, and walked back toward the theater. Before he entered he threw a canister of tear gas into the audience. This confused and shocked everyone in theater nine because many people thought it was a promotional stunt for the movie. “After both canisters explode, witnesses say he started shooting, first at the ceiling first and then at the crowd.” (CNN Authors, Webpage) As he walked through the theater he was shooting at anyone he felt and even shooting through the walls into the neighboring theater where spectators were hit there as well. “Police say he used an AR-15, a 12-guage shotgun, and at least one of two .40-caliber handguns police …show more content…
Twelve people are killed and 70 people are wounded. Holmes surrenders to police outside the theater within seven minutes of the first 911 calls, according to Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates.” (CNN Authors, Webpage) In seven minutes the damage had been done, taking the lives of twelve innocent people, including a six year old, and leaving several others critically injured and wounded. The act of a mad man had been committed and the unthinkable had been done. In the following days more news came out about the situation as a whole and news about Holmes began to spread and the families of the victims were calling for justice. Many people, organizations, and communities had an anchoring bias to the situation. The initial shockwave of the tragedy had consumed everyone, thus making a failure to adjust to the subsequent information to follow. Tragedy is never easy to overcome or to
All were purchased on different occasions, and different stores. Once James went into the movie theatre, he exited the facility through an exit door left it open, and then he returned with his weapons. Then he set off gas and smoke canisters, and opened fire. The police later found him next to his car, and arrested him. He did not resist arrest.
As we all know 27 year old James Eagan Holmes opened fire in a crowded movie theater, Century 16, on July 20,2012. Holmes had over 700 rounds of ammunition with him, killing 12 and injuring 70. Not long ago, over 3 years after the shooting, on August 7th, Holmes was sentenced to 12 life sentences and 3,318 years without parole. Holmes was a former grad student.
Minutes after the police arrived, the shooter got out of the classroom, shooting at two detectives. They fired three shots in return, hitting him once. After two minutes of shooting, Harper went back into the classroom and committed suicide with one shot to his head. No officers were injured whatsoever. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said via Twitter that one shotgun, two pistols and four rifles were found at his house, while another rifle and five different pistols were found at
On the way to the club, shortly after 11 p.m., a white Cadillac pulled up next to Knight and Shakur. The shooter fired 14 shots into Knight’s car, four of which struck
A week later, he was charged with “24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder, as well as two charges related to the possession of serious weapons” (James Holmes- Mass Murderer). Two months later, they wanted to add new charges against him. “In March 2013, Holmes made an offer to plead guilty to the charges in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole” (James Holmes- Mass Murderer). This was a good idea on his part, because he would avoid the death penalty. Unfortunately, the case was moved against him because the prosecutors denied his offer.
He was also waiting for the first responders to arrive and assist the people who had been shot. Terry was interviewed by CNN affiliates. He was fighting back tears when he told them that his daughter was inside of the building. Terry 's daughter had told him that between 10 and 20 people had been shot.
At about 10:05 PM. , Paddock began firing into the crowd. At first, many people in the crowd thought the gunshots was fireworks. He was shooting for about 11 minutes straight, and firing hundreds of rifle rounds into the audience. Including Paddock, 59 people died in the shooting, and 546 were injured.
Witness Brian Claypool said on "Good Morning America" that after the first round of gunfire, he ran into a little room that he described as a production area. "The hardest for me was, I saw six young women. They were maybe 20, 22. They were all crying on the ground. I was trying to be calm," Claypool said, appearing emotional.
The Las Vegas Police Department found more than 23 weapons hidden inside his hotel room. Before the shooting, Las Vegas Police was unaware of of his name and thought he was alone. Even though he had purchased several firearms in the past,
On the night of July 20th, 2012, the Colorado Theater shooting took place. It is remembered as the most horrific mass shooting in United States history. The tragedy occurred at the Century 16 in the Aurora Town Center Mall. The shooter is James Holmes a former student of UCD. He carried a rifle, a shotgun, and two pistols, while entering from emergency exit wearing a gas mask and a bulletproof vest.
On April 15,2013 hundreds of people were injured,some didn’t make it out. Some lives were changed by this incident many people lost limbs. The Boston Bombing was tragic day in our history , many people who were injured had amputate their arms or legs even. The police had shut down the area in a huge manhunt just to find the suspects. The website says that the 2 boys who did it had planned the attack on their own and carried it all out by themselves.
Get your hand outta my pocket!" As Malcolm X and the bodyguards tried to calm the crowd, a man ran forward and shot Malcolm X once in the chest with a shotgun; two other men charged the stage firing semi-automatic handguns. They pronounced Malcolm X dead at 3:30 p.m., shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The autopsy discovered 21 gunshot wounds to the chest, left shoulder, arms, and legs, including ten buckshot wounds from the initial shotgun
The shooter, James Eagan Holmes, was equipped with multiple firearms, and grenades. He killed 12 innocent people and injured 70 others. Although Holmes was sentenced to life in prison, the victims and their families were permanently scarred. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and fatally shot 26 people, 20 of them were children. Earlier that day, he shot and killed his mother.
Then he entered a movie theater and killed two people while wounding nine. Afterwards, he then shot himself (USA Today). There are too many lives lost due to a simple flaw that could be fixed if the United States would try harder. Flaws allow guns to get into the hands of criminals and mentally ill which then results in lives
He said at first, he thought it was from the movie. Then an alarm sounded and people were told to evacuate the building. People injured in the shooting were listed from critical to non-life threatening.