*DEVELOPING*CO Shooting at Movie Theater #2

[Benny08]

I swore the neighbor downstairs said on Fox at one point that the door was just "slightly" ajar and that's how she knew it was unlocked... but in later interviews she didn't say it again.

What she said was the door was closed, but she could tell it wasn't locked when she was knocking on the door. She could tell that it was unlocked because her door is the same way it has a certain rattle to it when it's unlocked.

 

[shadowraiths]

Two portraits of suspect James Holmes emerge ( link )
By Marisol Bello, Elizabeth Weise and Susan Gembrowski
USA TODAY, July 21, 2012

Those who knew Holmes in the upscale San Diego community where he grew up remember a polite young man who kept to himself and excelled academically.
"He was really talented, really smart," said Porsche Parkman, 19, who attended Westview High School with Holmes' younger sister, Chris. Holmes graduated from the school in 2006. "He was so nice and his family was always there for him. Nothing seemed wrong."

[...]

Oates said the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit is working with local police to figure out a motive for the shooting.

Holmes seems to have little online presence. Unlike many people his age, he does not have accounts on Twitter, Facebook or other social media.

[...]

William Parkman marveled at how Holmes had gone from a proud example of a successful graduate of their high school to one of the most hated people in the country.

"The news reports you hear about him, it's as if people are talking about one person in San Diego and one in Colorado," Parkman said. "Who he is now is not who he was in San Diego."​

 

[jjenny]

I don't see the two portraits. It's the same portrait. A loner who kept to himself.

 

[mrsu]

I swore the neighbor downstairs said on Fox at one point that the door was just "slightly" ajar and that's how she knew it was unlocked... but in later interviews she didn't say it again.

Yes, on 48 HOURS she said it moved slightly when she touched it. So I do think he left it slightly ajar, presumably if LE came to check out the loud music, they wouldn't have to bang down the door and would be more likely to push it open and glance in. Then BOOM!

 

[wfgodot]

"Two portraits of killer" = lazy journalism.

 

[mrsu]

I don't understand about asking about a new apartment. Did he think his would be blown up? Did he think he wouldn't get caught? Maybe he wanted to live somewhere else while building the traps? What is the significance?

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Here is a map of the events:

Map

 

[jjenny]

I don't understand about asking about a new apartment. Did he think his would be blown up? Did he think he wouldn't get caught? Maybe he wanted to live somewhere else while building the traps? What is the significance?

Probably it was beginning to be difficult to live in his old one with not triggering all the booby traps and all. I suspect he wanted to live somewhere else while building the traps. I don't see how he envisioned not getting caught.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

No, you have to prove he's not insane. The defense just makes the claim; the prosecution has to disprove it.

I wasn't up on my law either and blinked twice when I saw that. But, in many states, that used to be the case, until, post-Hinckley-verdict, many shifted the burden.

Thank you. I thought I was losing my mind. No pun intended.

 

[Sonya610]

Yes, on 48 HOURS she said it moved slightly when she touched it. So I do think he left it slightly ajar, presumably if LE came to check out the loud music, they wouldn't have to bang down the door and would be more likely to push it open and glance in. Then BOOM!

Except the timing was off, she called the police after the shooting had already started and they didn't have the manpower to send a car to the apartment.

Still odd that he then told the police the apartment was rigged, once he was arrested they surely would have headed right over there and opened that door!

 

[orora]

As far as whether there are two involved or not, I and the others posting the information are doing so from witness reports. Nothing to do with whether or not we believe that. Same as whether that means there is a conspiracy to keep a name out of it or not. Just posting the information which anyone is entitled to believe or discount. I haven't decided myself.

In regard to the apartment bomb.

mrsu
Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010
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One of the most complex and brilliant he's ever seen. Said about shooter in regards to the bombs and booby traps. Bomb specialist per 48 HOURS

Holmes expertice is not in this area. Bomb building is not something you can pull off to this extent without training. Maybe someone else involved? Just questioning..

Shooter was pegged at 5'9" by a witness description. Do I know that is true? No, just quoting a witness.

I have read how many believe the lone shooter theory to be true and you may all be right. Just too premature for me to abandon where else the evidence may lead.

 

[jjenny]

Except the timing was off, she called the police after the shooting had already started and they didn't have the manpower to send a car to the apartment.

Still odd that he then told the police the apartment was rigged, once he was arrested they surely would have headed right over there and opened that door!

You don't know that they would have opened the door. Because they could have suspected it being rigged without him telling them.

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Found this on Twitter

According to KDVR

"9:05 PM: Police are looking for a second “person of interest” in connection with the Aurora theater shooting and suspected gunman James Holmes"

 

[SmoothOperator]

Well I'll be damned theyre looking for a second person of interest!?!? Wth?
http://kdvr.com/2012/07/21/police-looking-for-second-person-of-interest-in-theater-shooting/


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[jjenny]

Found this on Twitter

According to KDVR

"9:05 PM: Police are looking for a second “person of interest” in connection with the Aurora theater shooting and suspected gunman James Holmes"

Who exactly is tweeting that? Certainly police hasn't said anything during any press conferences about there being a second person of interest.

 

[mrsu]

Here is a map of the events:

Map

Hmmm...looking at this map, doesn't it look like from where he parked at the back of the theater he could have seen across the fields to whether his place had blown up or not?

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Here is another link

Police looking for second “person of interest” in theater shooting

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Who exactly is tweeting that? Certainly police hasn't said anything during any press conferences about there being a second person of interest.

After the Tweet I went to KDVR's site.

The link is on my post.

 

[mrsu]

Found this on Twitter

According to KDVR

"9:05 PM: Police are looking for a second “person of interest” in connection with the Aurora theater shooting and suspected gunman James Holmes"

I knew it! This was making more and more sense to me. OMG :what:

 

[wfgodot]

here is another link

police looking for second “person of interest” in theater shooting

wth??

Aurora, Colo. — sources tell fox31 denver reporter justin joseph that a second man is now a person-of-interest in the Aurora theater shooting investigation. We are not disclosing his identity because he has not been charged.