Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I ako te kaipatu kiriata o Aurora i ngā mate roro i a ia e ako ana i te pūtaiao i mua i tana patu i te 12 tāngata, ā, i whara i te 70 atu i roto i tētahi o ngā whakaekenga nui rawa atu o Amerika. E ai ki ngā kaiwhakawā, ko James Holmes, 27 tau, he tohunga pūtaiao ā-hinengaro i te whakangungu, engari e whakaatu ana ngā whakaaturanga i ngā marama i mua i te pupuhi i whakarite ia mō te mahi tūkino. Kei te ngana te whakapae ki te whakamatau ehara a Holmes i te mate hinengaro, i te tino mohio hoki ki tana mahi i te po o te Hurae 20, 2012, i tana whakatuwheratanga i te pupuhi i te wa o te po tuatahi o te kiriata Batman 'The Dark Knight Rises'. Mēnā ka whakatau te 12 o ngā kaiwhakawā whakamutunga, i kōwhiria mai i te 9,000, he mate hinengaro a Holmes i te wā o te pupuhi, ka tukuna ia ki tētahi hōhipera hinengaro ā-rohe. Ki te kore, ka tohe te hunga whakapae kia whiua ia ki te mate, kaua ki te whare herehere mō ake tonu atu me te kore e tukuna. I ako a James Holmes i ngā mate roro i a ia e ako ana i te pūtaiao i te wā e ako ana ki te pūtaiao i mua i tana whakamate i te 12 o ngā tāngata me te whara i te 70 atu i roto i tētahi o ngā whakaekenga nui rawa o Amerika. E ai ki ngā kaiwhakawā, i ngā marama i mua i te pupuhi, i kī atu a Holmes ki tētahi hoa akomanga e hiahia ana ia ki te patu i te tangata, kāore anō kia manakohia e ōna kaiako, ā, kua mutu tana haere ki tana kaitiaki hinengaro. Kātahi ka tukuna atu e ia he karere whakawehi, ā, ka tukuna atu ki a ia tana pukapuka i roto i tētahi kete me ngā nama $20, nāna ia i whakatūpato i te pirihimana o te Whare Wānanga o Colorado. I kohikohia hoki e Holmes nga patu, nga patu, nga grenades hau roimata me nga taputapu tutu, a ka whakariterite i tana whare kia waiho hei mahanga whakamate pea, ka whakaoho i te puoro techno i roto i te ngana ki te kukume i tetahi ki te whakatuwhera i tana kuaha. Ko tetahi hoa tata i haere mai ki te amuamu i karo i te pupuhi ahi ma te haere atu. I whakapono a Iris Eytan, te roia o mua a Holmes, kua 'katoa atu ia i tona hinengaro'. 'Kia titiro ki ona kanohi, kua tino whakanuia,' ka mea ia, e tohutoro ana ki te kopere kopere e whakaatu ana i a Holmes me ona makawe i taeina ki te karaka pukapuka pakiwaituhi. 'I raro ia i te mana o tētahi mea, ā, e whakapono ana ahau he mate hinengaro,' ka mea ia. Ko te māharahara he mea i tino mōhiotia e Holmes. I mua i te...
He ākonga tākuta a James Holmes i tētahi wā, ā, he pūtaiao ā-rōpū i te whakangungu. Engari e kī ana ngā kaiwhakawā i ngā marama i mua i te whakaekenga i whakarite ia mō te tūkino, i kohikohi i ngā patu, i te tuku karere whakawehi. I kii a Holmes i rapu i te ipurangi mo te'maamaa whaitake'i tino mohio ia ki tana mahi i tana whakatuwheratanga i te pere i te tau 2012 Batman tuatahi. Mēnā ka kitea e te rōia he mate hinengaro a Holmes i te wā o te pupuhi, ka kore ia e whiua ki te whare herehere, ā, ka tukuna ki tētahi whare haumanu hinengaro ā-rohe.