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Police thought theater shooting suspect was officer at first

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People gather outside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., following a mass shooting that killed 12 people during a midnight showing of the Batman movie "The Dark Night Rises" in July.

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A police officer who arrested James Holmes after the Colorado movie theater massacre thought he was a fellow officer at first because of the man was wearing body armor. The officer then realized Holmes wasn't since he wasn't running toward the theater.