Professor Moore
English 101
October, 2015
Mass Shootings According to WWW.NATIONOFCHANGE.ORG, a mass shooting is defined as an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence. In most mass shooting cases, the gunmen often have similar personality traits that go unnoticed before the actual incodent occurs. In other cases, these traits were detected by others but no effort was made to get the murderer the help that they needed before they took the lives …show more content…
Holmes entered the room and sat in the front row for about 20 minutes. He then got up and went through an emergency exit where his car was parked. When he returned, he was dressed in a gas mask, a load-bearded vest, a helmit, bullet proof leggings, and gloves. Holmes threw two cans of tear gas causing the audience to have itchy skin and throats. He began shooting his 12-gauge Remington 870 Express Tactical shotgun, a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle, and a Glock 22 .40-caliber handgun. 12 people were killed and 70 people were injured. The first call to 911 was at 12:39 AM and the police were there within 90 seconds. Holmes was arrested at 12:45 AM without a fight. He even admitted to the police that his apartment was booby-trapped. Holmes' apartment contained over 30 hommade gernades that were connected to a control in the kitchen, and 30 gallons of gasoline. On August 26, 2015, Holmes was sentenced to 3,318 years in prison. This man was a genious and obviously put an extreme anount of effort into this mass shooting. This shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in Colorado since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. One of the most recent mass shooting occured at Umpqua Community