Alex Sullivan, age 27, (shot once in the chest).Veronica Moser-Sullivan, age 6, (shot four times, including in the chest (fatally), limbs, and lower right side).Micayla Medek, age 23, (shot once in the chest).Matt McQuinn, age 27, (shot nine times, including in the chest and neck (both fatally)).John Larimer, age 27, (shot twice in the chest and abdomen (both fatally)).Seven weeks earlier, while on vacation, she left the food court minutes prior to the Toronto Eaton Centre shooting) Jessica Redfield), (a sports journalist, age 24, shot six times, four in the torso and limbs and once in the head (fatally). Gordon Cowden, age 51, (shot once in the chest).Jesse Childress, age 29, (shotgunned once in the torso (fatally), both legs, and right arm).Boik, 18, (shotgunned once in the head, chest, and shoulder) Jonathan Blunk, 26: (shot once in the back (fatally) and once in the head).What's also interesting to note is that Holmes' outfit managed to fool both his victims and police (either assuming him to be a patron or being mistaken for a police officer). He also booby-trapped his house with a bomb before leaving to go out on his massacre. Holmes used two tear gas grenades to keep the victims in place before shooting at them with a Smith & Wesson M&P15 sport Rifle, Remington 870 Express Tactical shotgun, and a Glock 22. Holmes was arrested and eventually charged with a dozen counts of murder and briefly placed in an institution in Colorado, but later sent to prison. Police responses arrived soon after and Holmes was arrested by Jason Oviatt without resistance. He moved from the back of the theatre to the aisles and shot anyone in sight. He then returned through the back door and began by releasing two gas canisters to disorient and blind the crowd before opening fire. After watching only twenty minutes, he left and went to his car to dress and retrieve his supplies. On July 20, 2012, Holmes arrived at the theatre and purchased a ticket for a screening of The Dark Knight Rises and sat in the front row. Holmes spent almost two months preparing his massacre, buying his equipment over the course of almost six weeks, and even made a call to a crisis hotline to attempt to get them to talk him down (but was unsuccessful). He was also a notable fan of superhero movies, most notably the 2012 The Dark Knight Rises film (something which is believed to have been a factor in his motive). Holmes began developing mental health issues very early in childhood and showed varying signs of mental instability, such as having attempted suicide as a child, expressed growing desires to kill people, had very poor social skills, and often made flat jokes. He also claimed to be obsessed with killing for over a decade. By his own account, he used to fear what he called "Nail Ghosts" that would knock on the walls, and see what he called "flickers" that fought each other with firearms. Born December 13, 1987, Holmes' father is a mathematician and scientist and his mother a registered nurse.