Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of last weekend's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday, July 22. Twelve people were killed early Friday, July 20, during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado. Suspected gunman James E. Holmes was taken into custody shortly after the attack. 
Greg Zanis writes the names of the victims of last weekend's mass shooting on the crosses before erecting them at the memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. 
Parishioners pray during morning Mass, remembering victims of the theater shooting, at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Sunday. 
Angie Terry, from Alabama, prays next to a white wooden cross erected for victims. 
A man pauses before the crosses at the memorial near the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. 
President Barack Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall (left) and Sen. Michael Bennet look on during a visit to the University of Colorado Hospital on Sunday. 
Mourners bow their heads in prayer during the vigil for the victims of the Aurora shooting. 
A woman is overcome with emotion during the vigil. 
Tiffany Garcia, right, and her six-year-old daughter, Angelina Garcia, cry on Saturday, July 21, as they look at a memorial for the victim's of Friday's shooting. 
People pray at a cross erected on the site of the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theater on Saturday. 
Family, friends and former classmates of movie theater shooting victim AJ Boik gather for a memorial service at Gateway High School on Saturday. 
Boik and his girlfriend were at the midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' when a guman killed Boik and 11 other people. 
Movie theater shooting victim AJ Boik's girlfriend, Lasamoa Croft, center, embraces his mother during the memorial service. 
Eman Alexander, 17, pins a ribbon on his shirt while joining family, friends and former classmates to honor shooting victim AJ Boik. 
Denise Toepel of Denver sheds tears while visiting a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday, July 21. 
Handwritten signs decorate the makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday. 
Gerald Wright, 24, relights candles that have blown out at the victims' memorial across from the movie theater. 
Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jajuan Mangual lowers the American flag on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to half-mast on Saturday. One U.S. Navy sailor was injured in the shooting and another who was known to have been at the theater was unaccounted for. 
Two women mourn near the theater on Saturday. 
Alicia Prevette, left, and Paul Stepherson attend a vigil for the victims Friday at the Century 16 movie theater. 
A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial where the victims of the massacre are mourned. 
Mourners hold hands at a vigil near the theater. 
Mourners hug as they grieve the loss of the victims. 
A group of teenagers stand behind a sign that reads "Strength." 
Dara Anderson, left, and Monique Anderson cry during a candlelight vigil across the street from the crime scene. 
A woman holds a lit candle at a makeshift memorial. 
Marietta Perkins of Denver prays for victims and their families. 
Lonnie Delgado, right, hugs Heaven Leek during a prayer. 
A mourner grieves on the curb during a memorial service. 
People hug during a vigil for the victims. 
Handwritten consolation letters lay beneath flowers at a makeshift memorial. 
Nathan Mendoza, left, and Melissa Clark sit on the grass during a vigil. 
Flags, flowers and candles make up a memorial site. 
Two mourners sit on the ground at a vigil. 
A sign prevents moviegoers from wearing masks or bringing in props to the AMC Arapahoe Crossing 16 movie theater in Aurora. 
A woman looks at a makeshift memorial after attending a candlelight vigil. 
- Suspect James Holmes is accused of opening fire Friday in a crowded theater, killing 12
- Holmes will make his first court appearance Monday morning
- Arapahoe County public defender James O'Connor has been assigned to the case
- Suspect's family members are expected to break silence a few hours after court appearance
(CNN) -- The man accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, is set to make his first court appearance Monday, giving the public its first look at the suspect since his arrest in an attack that authorities say was planned months in advance.
James E. Holmes, 24, is likely to face charges of first-degree murder -- an offense that carries a possible death penalty, if he is convicted -- in the shooting deaths, given allegations over the weekend by police that there is evidence to suggest "calculation and deliberation" in the rampage.
Holmes is being held in connection with the early Friday morning shootings that left 12 dead and 58 wounded, and the subsequent discovery of his booby-trapped apartment, which authorities believe he rigged before leaving for the Century Aurora 16 multiplex.
Authorities have been tight-lipped about a possible motive in the case, and police spokesman Frank Fania told CNN late Sunday that Holmes has been uncooperative with investigators and requested an attorney.
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Police clear suspect's home of traps Arapahoe County public defender James O'Connor has been assigned to the case. The Colorado Judicial Department declined to say whether Holmes requested a public defender. A telephone call by CNN to O'Connor's office was not immediately returned.
Holmes' court appearance will come a few hours before his family is expected to break their silence with a statement.
The family, which lives in San Diego, has not spoken publicly since the allegations against Holmes. They issued a short statement Friday saying they did not wish to be disturbed "at the time of this tragic event."
Lisa Damiani, an attorney representing the family, told CNN the statement would be made at her San Diego office.
Over the weekend, Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates told reporters that there was "evidence of, I think, some calculation and deliberation."
Holmes received many deliveries over the past four months to his home and work addresses, which police believe begins to explain how he got his hands on some of the materials used in the attack and those found at his apartment, Oates said.
Meanwhile, the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where Holmes enrolled in 2011 as a doctoral candidate in its neuroscience program, was investigating whether Holmes received any of the alleged shipments while working as a research assistant at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery would not comment on reports that authorities were looking into whether Holmes allegedly used his position to obtain materials used to booby-trap his apartment.
As of late Sunday, at least 17 people remained hospitalized -- eight in critical condition -- in five area hospitals.
During a visit to Aurora on Sunday, President Barack Obama met with survivors and the families of those killed, and thousands of residents gathered in the city for a prayer vigil that drew state and local officials.
"I confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, but that my main task was to serve as a representative of the entire country and let them know that we are thinking about them at this moment, and will continue to think about them each and every day," Obama told reporters after the meeting at the University of Colorado Hospital.
"It reminds you that even in the darkest of days, life continues and people are strong and people bounce back and people are resilient," the president said, after describing the recovery of some victims. "Out of this darkness, a brighter day is going to come."
The Century Aurora 16 multiplex in Aurora, Colorado, turns into a place of horror after a gunman opened fire Friday, July 20, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. At least 17 people remained hospitalized late Sunday, July 22, in the shooting rampage that shocked the nation. 
James Holmes, 24, is accused of opening fire in the crowded theater during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Holmes purchased four weapons and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition in recent months, police say. 
Police investigate outside the Century 16 multiplex Saturday, July 21, a day after the mass shooting. Authorities have been tight-lipped about a possible motive in the case. 
Agents search the suspect's car outside the theater. 
Aurora police escort a sand-filled dump truck containing improvised explosive devices removed from Holmes' booby-trapped apartment Saturday. Authorities have said they believe the suspect rigged his place before leaving for the movie theater. 
Police break the apartment window of the suspect Friday in Aurora. 
Law enforcement officers speak with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, center, outside the suspect's apartment Saturday. 
Law enforcement officers prepare to disarm the booby-trapped apartment Saturday. 
Officials tow cars outside Holmes' apartment Saturday. Police disassembled devices and trip wires set up in the apartment. 
Officers prepare to place an explosive device inside the apartment. 
Debris flies out a window, right, after law enforcement officers detonate an explosive device inside the apartment Saturday. 
People mourn the victims during a vigil behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora. 
A woman grieves during a vigil for victims behind the theater. 
A distraught woman receives counseling from Pastor Quincy Shannon, left, in front of Gateway High School in Aurora, where the families of the missing met following the shooting. 
Lin Gan of Aurora holds back tears as she speaks to reporters about her experience in the Century 16 theater Friday. 
People embrace before a vigil for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora on Firday. 
Investigators work on evidence near the apartment of James Holmes on Friday. 
Members of the Aurora Police Department SWAT unit walk near the apartment of James Holmes. Police have Holmes,24, of North Aurora, in custody. 
Television news crews gather in front of the home of Robert and Arlene Holmes, parents of 24-year-old mass shooting suspect James Holmes, in San Diego, California. on Friday. 
A popcorn box lies on the ground outside the Century 16 movie theatre. 
An NYPD officer keeps watch inside an AMC move theater where the film "The Dark Knight Rises" is playing in Times Square on Friday. NYPD is maintaining security around city movie theaters following the deadly rampage in Aurora, Colorado. 
Adariah Legarreta, 4, is comforted by her grandmother Rita Abeyta near the Century 16 Theater in Aurora. 
A cyclist and pedestrians pass a theater showing the latest Batman movie in Hollywood, California, on Friday. Warner Brothers said it was "deeply saddened" by Friday's massacre at a Colorado screening of "The Dark Knight Rises." 
Obama supporters observe a moment of silence for the victims at a campaign event at Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday. 
Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster, was one of the victims. 
A woman waits for news outside Gateway High School, a few blocks from the scene of the shooting at the Century Aurora 16. 
Aurora police chief Daniel J. Oates speaks at a press conference near the Century 16 Theater on Friday. 
Agents search the trash container outside the suspect's apartment in Aurora. 
A Federal ATF officer carries protective gear onsite at the home of alleged shooting suspect James Holmes. 
Obama speaks on the shootings at the event in Fort Myers. 
Moviegoers are interviewed at the Century Aurora 16. 
Officers gathered at the theater Friday. 
Investigators were a common sight at the theater Friday. 
Authorities gather at the shooting suspect's apartment building in Aurora. Police broke a second-floor window to look for explosives that the suspect claimed were in the apartment. 
Screaming, panicked moviegoers scrambled to escape from the black-clad gunman, who wore a gas mask and randomly shot as he walked up the theater's steps, witnesses said. 
University of Colorado Hospital spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said that all of the wounded had injuries from gunshot wounds, ranging from minor to critical. 
A woman sits on top of her car near the crime scene. 
Police block access to the Town Center mall after the shooting. 
Witnesses told KUSA that the gunman kicked in an emergency exit door and threw a smoke bomb into the darkened theater before opening fire. 
What is believed to be the suspect's car is examined after the shooting. 
Repubican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers remarks regarding the shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater on Friday at a campaign event in Bow, New Hampshire. 
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