Juror in Colo. theater shooting trial dismissed after relative shot in robbery

DENVER -- Another juror in the Colorado theater shooting trial has been dismissed.

Judge Carlos A. Samour granted a defense motion Monday to dismiss a woman whose brother-in-law was shot in an armed robbery in Denver last week.

Three other jurors were released last week over concerns they were exposed to media reports and may not have been truthful about it.

Twenty jurors and alternates are left to decide the fate of James Holmes.

In the latest case, the judge dismissed the juror because of how her brother-in-law's shooting might impact her and because he wasn't sure if she was completely truthful either.

She first said her relative had a major accident, even though the shooting had been reported by Denver media. She said that's all her family had told her.

Last week, jurors in the Aurora theater shooting trial took a virtual tour of the auditorium where 12 people were shot to death.

Jurors took a virtual tour of the auditorium, moving past bodies wedged between rows of seats or sprawled throughout aisles amid spent ammunition, spilled popcorn and blood.

The video was taken by an investigator who walked throughout the entire theater.

The gallery was packed with victims and relatives as prosecutors dimmed the lights and showed the footage, capping the seventh week of Holmes' death penalty trial. The courtroom was silent except for an occasional sniffle or gasp. But once outside, many hugged and cried.