CENTENNIAL, Colo.--The public will get its first look at the alleged movie theater gunman Monday morning when suspect James Holmes appears in a Colorado courtroom.
Monday's hearing, which will be broadcast live on television and the web, is scheduled for 9:30 MST (11:30 a.m. EDT) and could be very brief. Under Colorado law, Holmes will be advised of his rights, but few other details could emerge.
A decision on whether to seek the death penalty could be weeks or months away, District Attorney Carol Chambers told reporters as she entered the courthouse.
"It will be a conversation we have with the victims before we make that decision," Chambers said.
Holmes, 24, is accused of mercilessly blasting his way through a packed movie theater on Friday in Aurora, Colo., during a midnight screening of "Dark Knight Rises."
Twelve people died and 58 others were injured in the shooting. The rampage is among the worst mass shootings in modern-day American history.
Holmes, clad in full body armor, surrendered to officers in a parking lot behind the cinema. He did not resist arrest, but investigators have since described the former medical student as uncooperative.
I had for a long time suspected that names arouse the qualities associated with them.
So the dark Knight did rise in full body armor on a dark midnight to have his share of glory(???)