On July 20, 2012, James Holmes carried out the Aurora, Colorado shooting inside the theater during the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.
Holmes used multiple weapons and prepared immensely for his attack. He injured 70 and killed 12 in his attack.
After the attack, he even rigged his apartment with explosives designed to detonate when someone tries to enter.
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.






"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.





