CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – A psychiatrist who examined Colorado theater shooter James Holmes says Holmes expressed sadness when he learned a child died in the attack.
Dr. William Reid testified Monday that Holmes had a point system for victims but that children were “morally different.”
Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the July 2012 attack that killed 12 people, including 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan.
Reid conducted one of two state-ordered evaluations of Holmes. The psychiatrist concluded Holmes was sane at the time of the shooting.
Defense lawyers say Holmes had severe schizophrenia, which distorted his sense of right and wrong.