The family of the Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes express their support for the PhD student accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
On being asked if they support Holmes, lawyer and family spokeswoman Lisa Damiani said at a press conference, “Yes they do. He’s their son,” ABC News reported.
The family was holding up “as well as anyone could under the circumstances”, she said. “I think everyone can imagine how they’re feeling anyone who’s ever been a parent.”
The family had spoken to investigators from California, but had not been contacted by police in Colorado, she said.
“No one from the Aurora Police Department has contacted us, or asked for assistance,” she said. Through Damiani, the suspect’s mother Arlene Holmes wanted to clarify a statement she made to ABC News in the immediate aftermath of the shooting Friday morning.
Holmes is accused of going on a shooting rampage at a movie theatre during Friday’s midnight showing of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, killing 12 people dead and injuring 58. He was packing as many as 6,000 rounds of ammunition with the ability to shoot up to 50 a minute.
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