DENVER—James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre, told a classmate in March that he wanted to kill people.
That's alleged in court records released Friday. Also contained in a motion by the prosecution is information that Holmes failed a graduate school oral examination at the University of Colorado in June—just weeks before the shooting rampage that killed 12 and left dozens injured at a screening of the latest Batman film.
The Arapahoe County district attorney's office is seeking Holmes' educational records and has indicated that his grades, emails, admission applications and other school-related activity are relevant to the July 20 shooting.
"What's going on in the defendant's [education] life is extremely relevant in this case," Karen Pearson, an attorney with the DA's office, said during Thursday's hearing.
The prosecution's records also indicate Holmes was denied access to the university, where he was studying neuroscience, on June 12, after he threatened a professor. He then, the DA's office said, began a "detailed and complex" plan to obtain firearms, ammunition, a tear-gas grenade, body armor, a gas mask and a ballistic helmet—all of which, the prosecution said, were used in the crime.
Holmes' defense team says looking into the suspect's education records is a "fishing expedition," and that any motive is irrelevant. The defense has said Holmes is mentally ill.
The 24-year-old faces 142 accounts, including 24 counts of first-degree murder and more than 100 charges of attempted murder.
We're only hearing one side here. How much was Holmes bullied and ridiculed all his life because of his obvious cognitive dysfunction. What threats were made against HIM. Schizophrenics are not created by people being nice to them and don't become violent for no reason. He was pushed to the point where he had no option other than suicide when the deadline on his flat ran out. Because of the schizophrenic's behaviour it is common for acquaintances and even parents to wish them dead, the REASON for their behaviour. Then because noone will lift a finger to help, they can end up in a position where suicide is their only option. They see this as deliberate and it can be, not that anyone will admit it AFTER the event. Because the media is not interested in talking to 'nutters' the ONLY way they can get publicity is an act of extreme violence, and filled with hatred toward society, a massacre seems like a reasonable option. So just who is the guilty party? Holmes just pulled the trigger. Question: Just what does one do in a situation is which suicide is the only option imposed by society and the media is only interested in violence, just go out quietly without making a mess, ie cut your wrists in the bath? You see, I just happen to find myself in this position right now.
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