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James Holmes, 24, is seen in this undated handout picture released by The University of Colorado July 20, 2012. Holmes is the suspect in a shooting attack which killed 12 people at a midnight premiere of the new Batman movie in a suburb of Denver early on FridayThe University of Colorado

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Jessica Ghawi was killed when a gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theatre during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises"

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Yellow markers sit next to evidence, including a gas mask, as police investigate the scene outside the Century 16 movie theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo.David Zalubowski)

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People react outside Gateway High School a few blocks from the scene of the Century 16 Theatre shootings in Aurora, ColoradoEvan Semin

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Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching franticly for his son Alex Sullivan who celebrated his 27th birthday by going to see "The Dark Knight Rises," movie where a gunman opened fire.Barry Gutierrez

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Police break out a window of an apartment where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo.,Ed Andrieski

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Police use a video camera to look inside an apartment where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo..Ed Andrieski

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A SWAT team officer stands watch near an apartment house where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo..Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press

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The Aurora bomb squad robot is deployed to search a suspect's car behind the Century 16 Theatre following a shooting during a "Batman" movie screening in Aurora, Colorado.EVAN SEMON/Reuters

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Shamecca Davis hugs her son Isaiah Bow, who was an eye witness to the shooting, outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning. After leaving the theater Bow went back in to find his girlfriend. " I didn't want to leave her in there. But she's ok now," Bow said. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.Barry Gutierrez/The Associated Press

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Judy Goos hugs her daughter's friend, Isaiah Bow, 20, while eyewitnesses Emma Goos, 19, left, and Terrell Wallin, 20, right, gather outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning.Barry Gutierrez

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Eyewitness Chandler Brannon, 25, sits outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning after a shooting at a movie theater showing the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises,".Barry Gutierrez

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An Aurora Police officer talks on his radio outside of the Century 16 theater at Aurora Mall where as many as 14 people were killed and many injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012.Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press

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Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre. The suspect spoke of “possible explosives in his residence. We are dealing with that potential threat,” Chief Dan Oates Police said.Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press

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Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre. Cellphone video purportedly taken in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater reveals horrified witnesses watching as apparent victims are carried away from the scene.Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press

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Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre. The youngest victim reported was a 6-year-old being treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where a total of six victims were taken. Their condition wasn’t known.Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press

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Aurora Police officers are pictured outside an apartment building in Aurora Colorado. Police also searched the suspect's apartment building, breaking into a second-floor window after officers had been lifted in a crane, looking for explosives after the suspect made statements about explosives in his home.Jason Hatfield

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