Fire in Aurora apartment building kills 2, injures 15

A fire broke out in an apartment building, just one block from the apartment of James Holmes, accused in the shooting massacre at the Aurora movie theater.

Two people were killed and 15 others have been injured in a fire that broke out in an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado.

The apartment building is at 17th and Peoria, which is less than 100 yards from the apartment building where James Holmes lived, prior to his arrest last month in the movie theater shooting massacre... read more.

Family of the 'Colorado shooter' to stand by their son

Lisa Damiani, lawyer for James Eagan Holmes, said at a press conference yesterday that his family support their son, suspected of killing 12 people and wounding 58 more.

Asked by a reporter outside the courtroom, after the initial hearing in the Colorado shooting case, whether the family were supporting their son, Damiani said, "Yes they do. He's their son."

She further said that the family was holding up "as well as anyone could under the circumstances." She said the family's hearts go out to the victims and their families... read more.

Colorado shooter appears in court as red-haired Joker

James Eagan Holmes, the shooter in the Colorado movie theater massacre, appeared in court today, sporting red hair and appearing drowsy as the initial hearing was held.

Holmes, 24, made his first appearance in a Centennial, Colorado courtroom today. Police and prosecutors are accusing him of killing 12 and injuring 58 people in a shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora, Co early on Friday morning... read more and watch court hearing.

Colorado shooter: Police find 30 explosive devices in apartment

Officials said today that the booby-trapped apartment of mass shooting suspect, James Eagan Holmes, was "designed to kill."

In a complex operation to disarm the sophisticated explosives in the apartment, without destroying evidence, the FBI have now managed to access the shooter's apartment.

FBI agent, Jim Yacone, said, "This was certainly challenging". Yacone then confirmed the discovery of sophisticated explosive devices, and how they had to use a robot to disarm a trip wire and the primary bomb.... read more.