Photos of James Holmes, medical school dropout and alleged Aurora theater shooter

By Michael Roberts Fri., Jul. 20 2012 at 10:40 AM

James Holmes.

We can now give you a look at James Holmes, the man in custody in the wake of a shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. This is a more recent shot, while one below is from a San Diego yearbook. Here it is:

A San Diego yearbook photo of James Holmes.

As our Alan Prendergast notes in a post about the rumor mill following the Columbine High School tragedy in 1999, information that emerges in the early hours after an event like this one is notoriously unreliable. But media outlets are reporting that Holmes was a student at the University of Colorado Medical School before withdrawing last month. He's said to have been seeking a neuroscience Ph.D. We've got messages into CU spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery, who's quoted by other outlets, seeking confirmation.

One other bizarre factoid, courtesy of the New York Daily News: "Holmes also left the same song playing on repeat inside his home, where a poster of Will Ferrell from the movie Anchorman hung in the kitchen."

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Aurora, Century 16, James Holmes, theater shooting

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Juan_Leg topcommenter

To the tune of 'Beauty School Drop Out ' , by Frank Valli.

'Medi-school drop out. No graduation day for you.'

'Medi-school drop out. And you don't look like some greedy jew'

'You're super mad, that no one had, purchased a ticket for you."

'But that okay, because someday, you'll have the chance to see.

a mother fucker fry ,

for pulling the same shit ,

at a 'Chuck-E-Cheese ! '

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What the f are you talking about RobertChase? This dude was a WHITE American! Those are almost always the ones that shoot people up. I hope this guy rots in hell