On July 20, 2012, James Holmes carried out the Aurora, Colorado shooting inside the theater during the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.
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Holmes used multiple weapons and prepared immensely for his attack. He injured 70 and killed 12 in his attack.
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After the attack, he even rigged his apartment with explosives designed to detonate when someone tries to enter.
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James Holmes wrote that he has had the obsession to kill since he was a child and it only grew with age. Holme's goal was to kill as many people as he could.
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"Holmies" are the fans on the internet of James Holmes. They fantasize over being as "legendary" as him. The group romanticizes his mass murder through a variety of fan art. It is important to know what these images look like so that as a viewer, you can identify when mass murderer fan art is being produced and report it to authorities.
