Police took the 24-year-old male into custody and found a home filled with explosives.
The shooter behind the movie theater massacre at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises is believed to be James Holmes, a 24-year-old California man who moved to Colorado last year to attend medical school.
Holmes, who has been taken into custody by police, was wearing a gas mask and a bulletproof vest as he entered the theater from an emergency exit at the front of the theater, threw a smoke bomb in front of the screen and then opened fire on the audience. At least 13 are dead, with more in critical condition; 38 are said to be injured.
Police that entered his apartment described it as "booby trapped" with sophisticated explosives, and expect to be there for days as they work through the bombs. He had a poster ofWill Ferrell in Anchorman on his wall and left the same song playing on repeat. Holmes, a white male, lived in the apartment since May 2011; he was enrolled at the University of Colorado's graduate school, pursuing his PhD in neuroscience, but the AP reports that he withdrew last month.
While he lives on the third floor of his building, all five of the buildings in his complex were evacuated. They are strictly university housing.
"I ask that the media respect the privacy not only of the family but the entire neighborhood," a spokesperson for his family, who live in San Diego, said.
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