James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage, is described as a quiet, standoffish medical student from San Diego who recently dropped out of a doctoral program at the University of Colorado medical school. <\/p>\n
A profile of the 24-year-old suspect is beginning to emerge hours after a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater showing the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 people. <\/p>\n
USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson quotes federal law enforcement officials as confirming the identity of the shooting suspect as Holmes, but he apparently did not have a record. <\/p>\n
The Denver Post, citing \"information provided\" to the newspaper, reports that the suspect described himself last year in an apartment rental application as a student who was \"quiet and easygoing.\" <\/p>\n
Denver's Fox31 says police documents show he moved to Colorado from San Diego to pursue a Ph.D. in Denver. <\/p>\n
The Associated Press reports that Holmes began a program in neurosciences at the University of Colorado in the fall of 2011 but withdrew last month. <\/p>\n
University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery confirms Holmes was a graduate student at the school of medicine until last month. On May 8, he was scheduled to present a paper on MicroRNA biomarkers for a class on psychiatric and neurological disorders. <\/p>\n
The suspect, dressed in black and wearing a protective vest, was arrested by police near his car behind the movie theater during a midnight showing of the Batman film. They seized an assault rifle, shotgun and two pistols at the scene, the Associated Press reports. <\/p>\n
\"He did not resist. He did not put up a fight,\" says Aurora police spokesman Frank Fania. <\/p>\n
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who was in touch with Colorado authorities, said the gunman had dyed his hair red and called himself \"The Joker,\" referring to Batman's arch-nemesis. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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