What is James Eagan Holmes?
'''James Eagan Holmes''' (born December 13, 1987) is an [[Americans|American]] who shot and killed 12 people in the [[2012 Aurora shooting|mass murder]] in [[Aurora, Colorado]] on 20 July 2012. He had no [[criminal record]] before the shooting. Holmes was born in [[San Diego, California]] on December 13, 1987.<ref>{{cite news | work = UCR Today | title = Information regarding James Eagan Holmes | author = Ross French | date = July 20, 2012 | accessdate = August 2, 2012 | url = http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/7775 | publisher = University of California, Riverside | archive-date = August 1, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120801203949/http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/7775 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He is an [[agnostic]].<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/judge-asked-reconsider-gag-order-movie-theater-shooting-114639357.html Judge accused of creating 'unusual shroud of secrecy']</ref> On July 16, 2015, he was convicted of twenty-four counts of first-degree murder, 140 counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of possessing explosives, and a sentence enhancement of a crime of violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ktla.com/2015/07/16/james-holmes-jurys-choice-was-aurora-theater-massacre-murder-or-madness/|accessdate=2015-07-17|title=James Holmes Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder for Killing 12 in Colorado Theater Mass Shooting|date=16 July 2015|publisher=KTLA-TV|archive-date=2015-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717130244/http://ktla.com/2015/07/16/james-holmes-jurys-choice-was-aurora-theater-massacre-murder-or-madness/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On August 7, 2015, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holmes-video-colorado-shooting-suspect-abc-news/story?id=16830653 Video of Holmes speaking at a science camp] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, James}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American agnostics]] [[Category:American people co