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Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 32: CU psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Fenton expected to testify
CU psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Fenton is expected to testify on day 32 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. During the course of the trial, prosecutors will argue that Holmes, the admitted gunman, was sane when he went into the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and opened fire on the audience, killing 12 and wounding 70. His defense attorneys will try to spare Holmes’ life by arguing that he was insane. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:15 a.m. (MST) everyday and ending around 5:30 p.m. (MST) Watch new live video on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/7NewsDenver/live Additional resources:LIVE VIDEO & BLOG: http://bit.ly/theatertrialTIMELINE of the case: http://bit.ly/theatertimelineJURY PROFILE: http://bit.ly/theaterjury CONTINUING COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/theatercoverage
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@bob: Fenton was asked by an officer if a 72-hour hold was necessary, but she said it was not because, in part, Holmes was withdrawing from the graduate neuroscience program. Since he was leaving the campus, the University of Colorado Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment team dropped the issue. -
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@Angela The theater is named because they NEVER locked the emergency doors so they would alarm if opened. I observed this for years prior to the shootings. Kids would pay for one ticket and then go and let all their friends in. Many people complained about it. This was a fairly common practice across the country from what I understand. Not anymore, though.
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@Angela: just thinking about safety of the patrons, like not noticing JH car in the rear of the theater and the door he went out and no alarms went off in a projector room because those doors don't have handles to allow people to sneak in without paying so why not from harm to patrons too. Just thoughts, not sure what the attorneys will focus on in the actual lawsuits.
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No. It was, and still is, an emergency exit. THe alternate exit doors are only at the ends of the main north/south hallways. I have been going there since the place was built. All the theaters had a main entrance from the complex. Some had an upper entrance/exit near the projection booth. All entrances other than the main one on the floor were emergency exits only.
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"Fenton was asked by an officer if a 72-hour hold was necessary, but she said it was not because, in part, Holmes was withdrawing from the graduate neuroscience program."
umm, wouldn't leaving the program be a negative sign that would make you think he was even more serious. -
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@EZ: Some feel Dr. Fenton should have done more to involve police or request a psych hold. She informed CU Police that the gunman was having homicidal thoughts and also that he had harassed her via email and text message, search warrants say.
Fenton was asked by an officer if a 72-hour hold was necessary, but she said it was not because, in part, Holmes was withdrawing from the graduate neuroscience program. -
@Monique J thanks I will - I have an issue with law suits against people/entities that couldn't have known. If society REALLY wants to stop this kind of tragedy, we also have to let some privacy issues go. For example...when Fenton did the background check on him, instead of just looking for past criminal behavior, it would have been telling to also see how many weapons, ammo, etc. he had purchased and in what amount of time. But privacy laws will never let that happen.
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problem with exits is you have to make people able to leave them all the time. you can't lock them. as a kid I use to let some friends in to the cheapy show through them. But I think a security camera to see the car in the back would have been good. and an alarm or light on the door.
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The theater has changed one thing, and that is that people can no longer wear costumes at premier showings. If that had been in place JH could not have gotten away with wearing all that gear. He would have stuck out like a sore thumb. Most of the theaters in the U.S. have adopted a "no costume" policy.
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