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Colorado suspect in court, nation mourns shooting victims

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James Holmes, the suspected shooter in Friday's massacre in Colorado, appeared in court Monday.

With a dyed head of flaming red and orange hair, Holmes sat quietly in court next to his public defender, with a detached look on his face.

He faces suspicion of first degree murder, but could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations.

Colorado District Attorney Carol Chambers said Monday that Holmes will be formally charged on Monday, July 30.

Chambers said that this is an on-going investigation, and that every victim - the 12 killed and 58 wounded - will see justice over the course of this case.

Police are still gathering evidence and witness reports, and corroborating them to file the correct charges and ensure a fair trial.

Officials said Monday that Holmes is no longer co-operating with investigators. Police said he is being held in solitary confinement due to erratic behavior, like spitting at guards.

TMZ reports that Holmes was just days away from being kicked out of his Aurora apartment.

Reverend Jesse Jackson led a demonstration outside a downtown Chicago movie theater complex Sunday, in the wake of the Colorado movie shootings.

Jackson's Rainbow-Push Coalition stood outside the River East theater at Illinois and Columbus, wanting to call attention to the heart-breaking effects of gun violence.

Jackson called what happened in Colorado "domestic terrorism" and said depression, along with easy access to guns, was a cocktail for disaster.

An Aurora, Illinois man made the long trek to Aurora, Colorado to memorialize the movie massacre.

Greg Zanis made the trip to erect 12 white crosses in honor of each of the people that were killed in the shooting.

Zanis delivers the crosses to people all over the country who experience tragedies. He put up 15 crosses for the Columbine shootings just a few miles away in 1999.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people in Aurora, Colorado united for a vigil for the victims of this senseless tragedy Sunday night.

The community banded together to remember the victims of Friday's fatal incident.

Officials read off the names of the 12 people killed in the shootings.

Pope Benedict XVI offered his condolences to family members of the victims of the movie theater shootings on Sunday.

The pope said that he was "deeply shocked" by the "senseless violence" in the attacks. Pope Benedict said that he shares the distress of the friends and families of the victims.

President Obama also visited Aurora to offer his support to the devastated community last weekend. The commander-in-chief talked to each family affected by the tragedy.

The usually-contentious political atmosphere was set aside for the weekend, as Mitt Romney praised President Obama's handling of the disaster in California Sunday.

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