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Accused Colorado gunman made threats to psychiatrist - documents


    DENVER (Reuters) - Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes made threats to a university psychiatrist before a July shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, according to court documents published on Friday.

    The University of Colorado psychiatrist reported those unspecified threats to campus police before the shooting, according to a document filed with the court on July 27 but released by the judge in the case on Friday.

    Holmes, a former neuroscience graduate student, is accused of opening fire on July 20 at a midnight screening of the new Batman movie in Aurora, a Denver suburb. Fifty-eight people were also wounded.

    (Reporting by Keith Coffman; Writing by Mary Slosson; Editing by Paul Thomasch)