2012 Aurora shooting. On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside of a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. The sole suspect, James Eagan Holmes, was arrested outside the cinema minutes later. Shooting[edit] He allegedly then went to his car, which was parked near the exit door, changed into protective clothing, and retrieved his guns.[6][7] About 30 minutes into the film, police say, around 12:30 am,[8] he reentered the theater through the exit door. James Eagan Holmes. James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is the admitted perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed 12 people at a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012.
He had no known criminal record prior to the shooting.[3] Holmes was hospitalized after attempting suicide several times while in jail in November 2012. He is currently held without bail and has entered a plea of not guilty on March 12, 2013. His attorneys had been expected to enter a plea of diminished capacity (which differs from an insanity plea), but they told the presiding judge in the preliminary hearing that they were not ready to decide on such a step yet, and needed more time to peruse and review the massive documentation on the case. Colorado State District Court Judge William Blair Sylvester, who was the trial judge overseeing the preliminaries, also was concerned about moving too fast in proceeding to the arraignment, which could produce further issues supporting an eventual appeal. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were the two American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre.
The pair killed 13 people and injured 24 others, three of whom were injured as they escaped the attack.[1][2] The two then committed suicide in the library, where they had killed 10 of their victims.[3] Background Eric Harris Eric David Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas. Luka Magnotta. He was previously sought by animal rights groups for allegedly uploading videos of himself killing kittens.[8] Biography Eric Clinton Kirk Newman was born on July 24, 1982 in Scarborough, Ontario.[1] He attended I.
E. Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay.[1] He legally changed his name to Luka Rocco Magnotta on August 12, 2006.[9] Binghamton shootings. He shot students and a teacher who were in his former classroom.
The shooter killed 13 people and wounded four others, before committing suicide.[2][3][7] The injured people, aged from twenty to mid-fifties, were treated for gunshot wounds at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City and Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton.[8][9] It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history and the worst mass killing in the state of New York since the September 11 attacks. The American Civic Association in Binghamton provides citizenship, cultural, and language assistance to the local immigrant community.[10] The shootings[edit] At about 10:30 a.m. EDT, Jiverly Wong barricaded the rear door of the Binghamton American Civic Association building with a vehicle registered in his father's name.[11] He was described as wearing a bullet-proof vest,[12] a bright green nylon jacket, and dark-rimmed glasses.[13] The perpetrator[edit] Mug shot of Wong.
Package mailed to TV station[edit] Virginia Tech massacre. The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.
Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others in two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, before committing suicide (another six people were injured escaping from classroom windows).[1][2] The massacre is the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S. history and one of the deadliest by a single gunman worldwide.[3] Cho had previously been diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder. During much of his middle school and high school years, he received therapy and special education support. After graduating from high school, Cho enrolled at Virginia Tech. Because of federal privacy laws, Virginia Tech was unaware of Cho's previous diagnosis or the accommodations he had been granted at school.
Attacks[edit] Norris Hall shootings[edit] 1. Capitol Hill massacre. The Capitol Hill massacre was a mass murder committed by 28-year-old Kyle Aaron Huff in the southeast part of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
On the morning of Saturday, March 25, 2006, Huff entered a rave afterparty and opened fire, killing six and wounding two. He then killed himself as he was being confronted by police on the front porch of 2112 E. Republican Street.