Three days after Jeremiah and Lindsay Wheelersburg escaped the Century 16 shootings in Aurora unharmed, the couple got some unexpected news: They are having their first child. For the pair from Aurora, it’s strange and wonderful news that gives them new perspective on one of their most traumatic experiences…
In the days since the Aurora theater shootings, the blogosphere has erupted with theories intended to explain the inexplicable — why James Holmes allegedly opened fire at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Predictably, these analyses range from the somewhat plausible to the incredibly bizarre and frequently offensive…
18th Judicial District Chief Judge William Sylvester has barred cameras from next Monday’s court appearance by James Holmes, the suspected gunman in the Aurora theater shootings. And while his order, on view below, doesn’t specifically mention the national guessing game about Holmes’s mental condition that followed videos from his first…
Ken Gordon is a crusader. Term-limited out of the Colorado Senate, the one-time candidate for Secretary of State, a position that oversees elections, has now decided to fix the system from the outside. Last year, he founded CleanSlateNow.org, a non-partisan organization working to get money out of politics by pressing…
Update: Yesterday, in an item below, we shared the story of Caleb Medley, a budding stand-up comic horribly wounded in the Aurora theater shootings. He attended the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises with his wife, Katie, only days before she was due to deliver their first child, and…
Update below: The Aurora theater shooting took place during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, who released a statement afterward expressing his horror at the event that took the lives of twelve people. Now, he’s sharing those emotions in person, during a visit with victims of…
After some of the equipment belonging to Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes was traced back to a Chesterfield, Missouri company called Tactical Gear, reps spoke out about the ties online. Since then, as noted by our eagle-eyed sister blog at St. Louis’ Riverfront Times, Tactical Gear employees have been…
When employees of the Colorado Democratic Party office at 777 Santa Fe arrived to work on Monday, they were greeted with a nasty surprise: eleven smashed glass windows. But for many, it wasn’t much of a surprise at all. “I’m more annoyed than anything else,” says Matt Inzeo, the dems’…
It’s not about politics, it’s about the tens of thousands of people who die every year in America due to gun violence — including the twelve victims of the Aurora theater shootings. This is how Tom Mauser, father of a Columbine victim and now activist for gun control, responds to…
With any incident as shocking as the Aurora theater shootings, authorities are always fearful of copycats. Which explains the weekend arrest of Clark Tabor, who was introduced to handcuffs after allegedly making references to the Colorado tragedy — and a gun — in a Los Angeles-area theater screening The Dark…
Covering the Aurora theater shootings would have been a huge challenge for the Denver Post under any circumstances. But right now, the paper is operating under a strange handicap. For reasons that involve highly technical union rules, the Post doesn’t officially have a columnist — and its attempt to work…
Only days after the Aurora theater shootings, and mere hours after the initial court appearance by accused gunman James Holmes, TMZ reports that the first lawsuit over the assault has been filed. The plaintiff: Torrence Brown Jr., who was not physically injured in the melee but was friends with victim…
At last, some good news to come out of the horror in Aurora. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has cancelled a demonstration planned to coincide with a cattle-industry meeting tomorrow. Even PETA, which regularly uses stunts to push its agenda, realizes there are limits to bad taste for…
After suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes made his first court appearance yesterday, a national guessing game began. The question: Is Holmes, who appeared stunned and befuddled during his moments before the camera, exhibiting legitimate signs of mental illness, or is he acting? The debate has already transformed itself into…
Shortly after news broke about the Aurora theater shooting at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, Playboy model Tricia Evans tweeted, “I heard the new Batman movie is really ‘to die for’! Too soon?” The answer to that question was “definitely” for Deadmau5, an electronic-dance music titan who’s a…
In response to the Aurora theater shooting on Friday, the presidential campaigns and super PACs that have been pouring money into television ads have all temporarily suspended commercials airing in Colorado. In Denver metro, that’s at least a million dollars worth, according to one network source with close knowledge of…
The Aurora Police Department has just released what’s destined to be the most infamous mug shot of this particular Colorado moment — the booking photo of James Holmes, the accused Aurora theater shooter. Look below to see a larger version of the disturbing image…
The sudden proliferation of James Holmes Facebook tribute pages exemplifies the outlets for venom the Internet provides in the wake of tragedies like the Aurora theater shootings. But the web can also serve as a valuable gathering place for people in mourning, as witnessed by a far more positive Facebook…
Update:James Holmes, the 24-year-old suspect in the Aurora theater shooting, walked slowly into a packed, wood-paneled courtroom this morning to be advised of his rights. He wore a maroon jumpsuit, but the most shocking thing about his appearance was his hair, which was a bushy tumble of neon orange…
Surprising? No. Repulsive? Hell, yeah. In recent days, we’ve seen the rise of numerous Facebook pages paying de facto tribute to James Holmes, the alleged Aurora theater massacre shooter. Most of these efforts are being ignored, or close to it — but one has collected hundreds of “likes” at this…
Weeks before the Aurora theater shootings, something just didn’t sit right with Glenn Rotkovich. It wasn’t so much the weird outgoing message on the answering machine that troubled the gun range owner — although he most certainly found that odd — as the fact that the man now known as…
Following the Aurora theater shooting, Hollywood barely paused to pay respect to the victims before speculation began about how the tragedy would affect the box office prospects of The Dark Knight Rises, the movie that was screening during the rampage. Partly in defiance of downturn predictions, partly because I just…
