holmes guilty of murder in the first degree extreme indifference. part b is left unanswered. and the answer on part c is yes. verdict form count 16. murder in the first degree extreme indifference. gordon cowden. we final the defense james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree extreme indifference. part b is left unanswered and the answer on part c is yes. verdict form count 17. murder in the first degree extreme indifference. jessica gnawi. we find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree extreme indifference. part c is answered yes. verdict form. count 18. murder in the first degree extreme indifference. john larimer. we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of mur
president obama. it is a heart breaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. but we start with the verdict in colorado. james holmes is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in 2012. when he stormed into a movie theater in aurora colorado during the midnight showing of dark knight firing a hail storm of bullets at random. he is charged with 126 counts including murder attempted murder possession of explosives and what is called a crime of violence charge. he admitted to the massacre with you pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. and that was the key to this case. when mr. holmes stepped into that theater on july 20th 2012 he had lost touch with reality. that guy was sane beyond a reasonable doubt and he needs to be held accountable for what he did. the verdict will come from 12 jurors. nine women and three men who had been listening to testify for nearly three months. nbc s sco
alex sullivasullivan, verroneny moser-sullivan, matt mcquinn, john larry mer, gordon cowden, jeske childress, alexander boik, and jessica redfield ghawi. jessica was 24 years old and went to the new batman movie with her friend brent. one of her last tweets the day before the shooting is this. quote, never thought i would have to coerce a guy into seeing the midnight showing of the dark knight rises with me. her mother sandy phillips and stepfather lonnie phillips join me live and they have moved heaven and earth to attend every day of the trial. thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us. first and foremost, how are the two of you holding up as we head into week three of this. we re holding up by holding on to one another and the other family members that are here that we ve become close to over
12:05 show. it was packed. it was crazy. corbin dates almost didn t get a seat at all. the only area that was available was the very first row. nobody was sitting there and a few seats on the very end in the second row. reporter: next door in theater 8, the dark knight rises was also playing and the place was buzzing. right when we walked in, you could just hear the crowd just, you know, just anticipating it. you could feel the floor shaking a little bit and you re walking in there, yes, this is going to be awesome. corbin dates watched the last seats fill in in theater 9. i remember seeing a guy walk into the theater and he sat in the very first row to the far right seat and i m thinking nothing of it. just looked like a regular average person. reporter: alone? alone. reporter: red hair? it did look like he had red hair, yes. reporter: then dates saw the man leave the theater. i looked over. i saw him get up and he was walking towards the emergency
century 16 s theater 9 for the 12:05 show. it was packed. it was crazy. corbin dates almost didn t get a seat at all. the only area that was available was the very first row. nobody was sitting there and a few seats on the very end in the second row. reporter: next door in theater 8, the dark knight rises was also playing and the place was buzzing. right when we walked in, you could just hear the crowd just, you know, just anticipating it. you could feel the floor shaking a little bit and you re walking in there, yes, this is going to be awesome. corbin dates watched the last seats fill in in theater 9. i remember seeing a guy walk into the theater and he sat in the very first row to the far right seat and i m thinking nothing of it. just looked like a regular average person. reporter: alone? alone. reporter: red hair? it did look like he had red hair, yes. reporter: then dates saw the man leave the theater. i looked over. i saw him get up and he was