*DEVELOPING*CO Shooting at Movie Theater #2

[BigCat]

I think LE we will get more details when they examinate cctv / surveillance system in JH bulding /movie theater/ parking lot area, etc
He was probably filmed somewhere like Anders Breivik was.
ps: One year since the norwegian tragedy on 22 July 2011

Good point. Anniversaries of other massacres are important in the minds of these mass murderers.

Timothy McVeigh chose April 19th to blow up the Murrah Building because it was the 2nd anniversary of the massacre at Waco.

The Columbine Massacre occurred on April 20th, five years later, I believe. The killers chose that date because they intended to kill more people than McVeigh.

It's possible Holmes' goal was to kill more people than Breivik. He couldn't wait until July 22nd because only opening night of The Dark Knight Rises promised a packed movie theatre.

Obviously just speculation on my part. I don't think it's out of the question. He did seem to copy many of Breivik's tactics.

JMO

 

[wfgodot]

(Reuters) - The 24-year-old graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area screening of the new "Batman" film was being held in solitary confinement for his own protection from other inmates, authorities said on Saturday.
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Suspect in Colorado "Batman" shooting held in solitary confinement

 

[SpriteGal]

As someone that lives in Aurora, the possible info that somebody else could be involved has me terrified.

 

[matou]

I think the public should be warned that police are looking for a POI who is missing.
Instead police were acting as if it was a done deal and there is nothing more to worry about.

ITA. The police have been parked at his address since TWO DAYS ago. WTF?

Could this have to do with the deli the police were checking that I remember hearing about or the apartment across the street where Holmes was looking for an apartment? :waitasec:

 

[Rallihanna]

They are reporting the POI's name on some websites...

 

[PHB]

If this POI was dumb enough to make the threatening call from his own phone, let's hope he makes another stupid mistake and is caught soon.

 

[matou]

They are reporting the POI's name on some websites...

Reuters is MSM.

 

[Rallihanna]

Facebook page is interesting.. skimmed the Friends list... but that's about all you can see.

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Will keep my eyes on Twitter until I fall asleep...

 

[wfgodot]

Police: Colo. suspect planned massacre for months (AP/seattlepi.com)

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The shooting suspect accused in a deadly rampage inside a Colorado theater planned the attack with "calculation and deliberation," police said Saturday, receiving deliveries by mail that authorities believe armed him for battle and were used to rig his apartment with dozens of bombs.

Meanwhile, new details about 24-year-old James Holmes emerged, including summer jobs the suspect held in Southern California as a camp counselor and as an intern at a prominent research institute.
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lengthy, two-page article at link above

 

[matou]

Name is here: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Colorado_Dark_Knight_Shooting

 

[IzzyBlanche]

The public is interested in information on what kind of person can do such a thing. Who knows better than his family? It's huge news and the media swarm goes with the territory.

Oh. So the media is expecting the family to come out with something like, "yeah, we beat him every day of his life and that's probably what caused this"? Or, "He wet his bed until he was 19 so we're not surprised"?

Also IMO "goes with the territory" applies to someone who deliberately seeks media attention and should have known what to expect. These parents didn't.

 

[Zoe Bogart]

Here is another link

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

From the above link:

"Sources tell Justin Joseph someone made either a call or a text from the person of interest’s phone threatening violence if James Egan Holmes was not released from jail. That call prompted police to issue an alert to find and detain him." :waitasec:

Would an accomplice do that? Or some nut looking for drama? Odd.

Or was this poi accepting some of the packages the accused had ordered? Curious.

 

[Rallihanna]

As soon as you send a text like that, you know you're in trouble. So why send it unless you already know you are in trouble?

 

[debirlfan]

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?

I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually living/sleeping somewhere else - sounds like his apartment would have been pretty crowded, and it would have taken quite awhile to set all that stuff up.

 

[mysterygirl]

OMG

I tune out for a few minutes............

I'm horrified.

 

[SmoothOperator]

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[wantjustice]

Quoting from the first thread from Mystergirl

"All valid points.

BUT.................I think this body armor deal is misleading people to think this man was invincible.

If you hit someone with a shot ....a 45 or a 357...............in full armor..........they will fall.

He is not a human tank.

That creates windows of opportunities."

Not sure how to fully quote from a closed thread. I see your points too. It is hard to know what would have happened on the road not traveled. I am not to familiar with body armor so I am not sure what would penetrate or not. Everyone was so caught off guard. That's what is so tragic about this. We will all be looking over our shoulder now that it has happened but who would of thought a summer night at the movies would be the perfect place for a mad man?! Now I do but it is so shocking. Of course I know it can happen any place any time, but I do let my guard down. I have to or I'd drive myself crazy. Not sure how the man could be stopped. The smoke, the darkness, chaos all of it would make me want to get out too. Survival kicks in and the first thing that comes to mind is get to out of that theater. I feel for the victims and the families. It is so sad and overwhelming!

 

[PenelopePetunia]

Name is here: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Colorado_Dark_Knight_Shooting

Thank you!

 

[mysterygirl]

So he probably had help.........

Seems more feasible.