Colorado authorities Saturday released the names of victims in the tragic theatre shooting incident at the midnight movie premiere of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora.
There were three women, eight men and a 6-year-old kid who died in one of the most shocking mass shootings in US history that left 12 people dead and 58 others wounded.
In police custody is 24-year-old James E. Holmes, a graduate of neuroscience at the University of Colorado in Denver. Reports said that the gunman has no known criminal history, only a speeding violation.
Names of victims in the Colorado shootings (complete list):
- Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6 years old
- Gordon Cowden, 51
- Matthew McQuinn
- Alex Sullivan, 27
- Micayla Medek, 23
- John Larimer, 27
- Jesse Childress, 29
- Alexander J. Boik
- Jonathan Blunk, 26
- Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32
- Alexander C. Teves, 24
- Jessica Ghawi a.k.a. “Jessica Redfield,” 24
