Disorder In The Theater Shooting Court

By Colorado Public Radio Staff
July 31, 2015
Photo: Aurora theater shooting memorial crosses 2015 (AP)
Passers-by move past a row of crosses erected for the 12 victims of the massacre in a nearby movie theatre and to mark the day of the third anniversary of the killing spree, Monday, July 20, 2015, in Aurora.

when a woman in the courtroom's gallery began shouting and then leaping over seats.

"Mental illness is everything," she shouted as officers pulled her from the room. "Don’t kill him! Don’t kill him! It’s not his fault!"

Mental illness has been central to the entire trial, in which Holmes has been found guilty in the shooting deaths of 12 people, and wounding 70 others, three years ago at a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." Read our full report from the trial today here.

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