Police: Colo. gunman acted alone

Authorities continue to investigate the motives of Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes, as new evidence emerges about the murder weapons. / CBS News

(AP) AURORA, Colo. - Authorities are insisting that the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater shooting acted alone — even as they interview people they believe may have associated with him.

FBI spokesman Dave Joly said late Saturday the federal agency "is not looking at a second suspect" in the Friday massacre in Aurora, Colo.

Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates says "there is absolutely no question that this guy acted alone."

Oates spoke after a Denver TV station reported that police were looking for a second person of interest.

The station cited unidentified sources as saying the person was classmate of shooting suspect James Holmes.

Oates says police are talking to many people and that investigators "are trying to track down a classmate of his, but that's all this is."

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[ednorton1]

How about this idea. Have a lynching for Mr Holmes in front of Aurora city hall. Sell Tickets for event, and have proceeds go to families, victims, and to help pay for all tax payers $$ that have to go towards police overtime, etc. Even televise event!Show it before each Batman movie.

[wardove]

hey about we do that to you F****** creep .

[yoody1940]

I agree with griff713 this is the fault of the media they glorify everything for the story. any intelligent person knows guns don't kill people kill. you can ban every gun in this country and the criminals will still find a way to kill you. but if you disarm this country you would be a fool to think that every other country in this world that hates us would not try to invade us. our guns are the only thing we have to protect us. take a gun from a criminal and he will stab you take his knife and he will beet you to death with a club. at least if I own a gun I have a chance. so put the blame where it belongs.

[MIO42]

Paranoia Supremo !!!!!!!

[a_voice_from_nc]

I rarely post. I am an older individual who has others my age has seen a lot. I would like to offer my opinion from that perspective.

I agree with a lot being said here. Example the comment about on the distorted solution the answer is more people with more guns. I would like to add a trusted individual with a gun, who probably is not trained like someone in the military or is a police officer...how would that person of without jepoardizing his own like would of made a difference with someone wearing a bullet proof vest?

I am not against hunting rifles, and even the right to own a handgun for self protection. Instead I believe if one asks themself, are my kids more safe with AK-47s are available for purchase - then there may put it in perspective, humans have not yet evolved as a species to be afforded the rights to bear such arms....

[wardove]

Garbage blah blah you do not deserve a gun shut up

[xJohnPx]

I bet there will be some neocon war monger who will tie this attack to Iran. Something like James holmes being seen talking to an Iranian man.

[matt6052]

There's more evidence that he was outside the theater than inside the theater during the massacre.

Eyewitnesses saw him leave to take a phone call. Police later found him in his car.

Between all that, a man wearing a gas mask killed a lot of people in a darkened movie theater. How can witnesses identify Holmes under a gas mask and in a theater without any light?

[sepa2]

NRA and Congress made him as effective as like 100 shooters

[unclebernies]

A big part of the problem is the news media insists on making mass murderers famous. Stop giving such attention to the indivduals because ultimatley they are seeking fame. Most people don't know that 4 people were hung for the murder of Abe Lincoln. It's because at the time the news made it clear "they wanted to know their names no more".

[wardove]

No dude its the game of life,everyone has a purpose.

[juststandingherealone]

My heart goes out to the folks there. He was just acting upon what he had learned form the 24/7 news coverage from past attacks like this. He could have killed just as many people with his car running into them in the parking lot, and that he could have done with no planning at all, and no guns or ammo. This psyhco was created by the News Media, who slosh through the blood of victims to get ratings and push a Leftist gun control agenda. They gave him all the info he needed and now are rewarding him with a world stage to inflict as much damage on our free and open society as he can. The blood is on the News Media's hands but they will hide behind their right of freedom of the Press, and use it as a weapon against law abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms.

[griff713]

You know, I'm about as liberal as they come. However, much as I disagree with some things the NRA touts ... like, who needs a fully automatic rifle to go deer hunting? ("Yep, Billy Bob, we gonna get us a buck, before that though, let's soften up the area with some mortar fire"....) There IS one thing that is absolute, in my book. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Think that's wrong? Well, consider this, machine guns and machine pistols are illegal in many states. Yet many "street gangs" have ready access to them. No that isn't Hollywood or an urban legend, just check the papers for drive by shootings where a building is riddled with 30 or 40 rounds. Unless they're doing a drive-by in a school bus, they're using automatics. So outlawing the automatics means outlaws have automatics.
Face it, if someone has decided to commit murder, they are not going to care if they have to jaywalk to get it done.
Juststanding, you do have a point though. These idiots are created by the media. Listen to the song "Dirty Laundry" and then take that to an extreme and you have today's media. They have no conscience and no morals, they only care about getting the "scoop" so that advertisers will buy spots on their channel. Well, I say, lets make sure that works for us. When we catch some rabid dog like this guy, lets see to it that he dies in the most horrible fashion we can devise, and televise it. We want him screaming in horror and agony. Make sure everyone sees it and understands that if you commit this kind of atrocity, you WILL wish you died as a baby. Maybe feed him slowly into a wood chipper and feed the results to the sharks at Sea World.... Then, you do everything you can to eliminate his name from the press, don't even mention his name in the history texts. Don't give him what he wants, his "15 minutes of fame".

[lucifersshadow]

It never fails that the media post the photo of the shooter; this perpetuates the events, because these people that do these horrid acts are looking for exactly that, their moment of fame. For this reason, the media needs to cease doing it, for in essance, the blood in on their hands too.
Had there been a few people in the theater that were armed, the shooter would be in the morgue, not under arrest, and there would be fewer copy-cat murders in the future.

[monicaevolving]

A former marine had an interesting insight about the benefits of more people being armed in that theater. Based on his military experience, he said if more people had been armed in a dark theater during a surprise attack, the result would have been more innocent victims dead/injured. With multiple people firing, the shooters wouldn't even know the location of the attacker and likely would have started shooting in all directions. He'd seen it happen.

[baileycccc]

Where did he get the money to buy his weapons and to live? He didn't work, he was drawing unemployment and it took between $15,000 and $20,000 to finance his carnage. Just like Watergate, They need to "Follow the Money".

[hypnotoad72]

Probably student loans.

I used to know a student who was living off of student loans as well due to being unemployed... I wonder how she is doing...

[Dreadnut]

I'm sure gun stores take credit cards like most everywhere else. Moron.