Flashback Op-Ed: Century 16 Theater Aurora, Colorado 2012 Mass Shooting
Photo Credit: Radio Gunk Written By: Ashley Ann Justice Flashback Op-Ed: Century 16 Theater Aurora, Colorado 2012 Mass Shooting I just wanted to make a quick post about the century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado where the 2012 Mass shooting took place. To me, this was a very intriguing case. James Homes was the 24 year-old shooter who killed 12 people and injured 70 others in the Aurora Colorado movie theater rampage of July 20, 2012. Holmes was wearing protective gear including a gas mask and load bearing vest and armed to the teeth when he went into a theater showing a midnight screening of " The Dark Knight Rises " and set off tear gas grenades, then shot up the audience with various firearms, including a rifle a tactical shotgun and a glock 20. Now we all know Holmes was apprehended later behind the theater and offered no resistance to arrest. His hair was allegedly died red and he called himself the joker, a look we would all...