Aurora Movie Shooting Opening Statements Begin With Prosecution
DENVER (AP) - Opening statements have started in the long-awaited death penalty trial of Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.
The prosecutor showed a picture of the door to the theater. "Through this door are bullets, blood, brains and bodies," he said. He played a 911 call.
Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. says each side has two hours for opening statements. The defense can make opening statement now or later.
Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and injuring 70 when he opened fire at a midnight showing of a Batman movie in suburban Denver. The July 20, 2012, mass shooting was one of America's deadliest.
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