What is 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = 2012 Aurora shooting | image = The Century 16 theater in Aurora CO - Shooting location.jpg | caption = The Century 16 Theatre where the shooting happened | location = [[Aurora, Colorado]], [[United States]] | coordinates = | date = July 20, 2012 | time = 12:38 a.m. {{ndash}} 12:45 a.m. | timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]] | type = [[Mass shooting]] | fatalities = 12 | injuries = 58 | perps = | perp = [[James Eagan Holmes]] | susperps = | susperp = | weapons = [[Assault rifle]], [[shotgun]], [[handgun]], [[tear gas]] }} The '''2012 Aurora shooting''' took place in [[Aurora, Colorado]], [[United States]], on 20 July 2012. [[Gun]]man [[James Eagan Holmes]] shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 others at ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' premiere at a [[movie theater]]. He was arrested a few minutes later. Holmes was convicted in 2015 of twenty-four counts of first-degree [[murder]], 140 counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of possessing [[explosive]]s and a [[sentence (law)|sentence]] enhancement of a crime of violence. He was sentenced to [[life in prison]] without possibility of [[parole]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ktla.com/2015/07/16/james-holmes-jurys-choice-was-aurora-theater-massacre-murder-or-madness/|title=James Holmes Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder for Killing 12 in Colorado Theater Mass Shooting|date=16 May 2017|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714220936/https://ktla.com/2015/07/16/james-holmes-jurys-choice-was-aurora-theater-massacre-murder-or-madness/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aurora shooting, 2012}} [[Category:2012 crimes in the United States]] <!--[[Category:2012 mass shootings]]--> [[Category:2010s mass shootings in the United States]] [[Category:2010s murders in the United States]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2012]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings