The man accused of killing a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater during a showing of the new "Batman" film made his first appearance in court on Monday, sitting silently in a red jailhouse jump suit and with his hair dyed bright red.
James Eagan Holmes, 24, who was detained immediately after the massacre early on Friday morning, appeared groggy and emotionless during the brief hearing, looking straight ahead and occasionally closing his eyes. He was shackled at the wrists and ankles.
The judge said murder charges would be filed on Monday July 30.
Police say Holmes was dressed in body armor and toting three guns when he opened fire at a packed midnight screening of the new Batman movie at a theater complex in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Fifty-eight other people were hurt, and many of them have serious wounds.
Police say they are still searching for a motive for the crime.
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