The Associated Press
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The Colorado movie theater shooting suspect showed little emotion as he made his first court appearance, sitting handcuffed and stoic with reddish orange hair.
James Holmes was wide-eyed, frowning and unshaven as he sat staring down. At one point he closed his eyes as a judge spoke.
He appeared after being accused of the shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 people and injured 58 others.
The judge says he will be formally charged next Monday.
The father of one victim sat staring at Holmes during the brief court appearance. Tom Teves's son Alex Teves was killed in the Friday shooting at a packed movie theater.
Two other women held hands tightly, one shaking her head.
Holmes showed little emotion during the hearing, which appeared to anger some family members of victims who attended.
David Sanchez, who waited outside the courthouse during Holmes' hearing, said his pregnant daughter escaped uninjured but her husband was shot in the head and was in critical condition. His daughter was delivering their baby on Monday.
Authorities say Holmes, a 24-year-old former graduate student, is refusing to cooperate and it could take months to learn what prompted the horrific attack.
District attorney Carol Chambers says it could be months before a decision is made on whether to seek the death penalty, and a year or more before Holmes actually goes on trial.
Holmes has been held in solitary confinement since Friday.
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