Aurora Theatre Shooting crime scene photos

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside of a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with an AR-15, 12 gauge shotgun, and 40 caliber Glock. 12 people were killed and 70 others were injured, the largest number of casualties in a shooting in the United States.

The sole assailant, James Eagan Holmes, was arrested in his car parked outside the cinema minutes later. It was the deadliest shooting in Colorado since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Prior to the shooting, Holmes rigged his apartment with homemade explosives, which were defused by a bomb squad one day after the shooting.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Holmes's Smith & Wesson M&P 15 Sport (warning slightly graphic):

I've always wondered why the media reported he used a Hundred round mag, you can clearly tell here that he used a standard thirty round magazine.

Tommy QTR wrote:

Holmes's Smith & Wesson M&P 15 Sport (warning slightly graphic):

I've always wondered why the media reported he used a Hundred round mag, you can clearly tell here that he used a standard thirty round magazine.

I did hear reports that the drum magazine malfunction during the shooting, maybe he reloaded the rifle with a standard magazine before the end?

UncontinuedProcess wrote:

Tommy QTR wrote:

Holmes's Smith & Wesson M&P 15 Sport (warning slightly graphic):

I've always wondered why the media reported he used a Hundred round mag, you can clearly tell here that he used a standard thirty round magazine.

I did hear reports that the drum magazine malfunction during the shooting, maybe he reloaded the rifle with a standard magazine before the end?

I've always thought that, although I'm pretty sure he started using his Glock after his AR jammed so I don't know.

at the risk of sounding stupid, what's up with his eyes?

Clogerhead wrote:

at the risk of sounding stupid, what's up with his eyes?

He is probably using contact lenses, or the photograph is edited.

Tommy QTR wrote:

UncontinuedProcess wrote:

Tommy QTR wrote:

Holmes's Smith & Wesson M&P 15 Sport (warning slightly graphic):

I've always wondered why the media reported he used a Hundred round mag, you can clearly tell here that he used a standard thirty round magazine.

I did hear reports that the drum magazine malfunction during the shooting, maybe he reloaded the rifle with a standard magazine before the end?

I've always thought that, although I'm pretty sure he started using his Glock after his AR jammed so I don't know.

It's possible that he still reloaded just in case if he ran out of ammo for the glock or the shotgun.

He looks creepy in his photos. Those eyes freak me out.