The Latest: Mom Of Theater Shooting Victim Says She Has PTSD
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial:
11:02 a.m.
The mother of a 27-year-old man who died protecting his girlfriend in the Colorado theater shooting says she vowed to help take care of the woman her son planned to marry.
Jerri Jackson testified Wednesday that her son Matt McQuinn's girlfriend was so devastated that she couldn't go out in public for three months. Samantha Yowler also was wounded in the 2012 attack.
Jackson says she has been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression and takes four kinds of medication to help her sleep and prevent nightmares. She went back to work as a claims analyst at a trucking company but left after two weeks, unable to handle the stress.
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Her testimony came as relatives of the 12 killed took the stand in the final round of the sentencing hearing for gunman James Holmes.
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10:37 a.m.
The oldest person killed in the Colorado theater shooting went to the midnight Batman premiere with two of his daughters after teasing them that he had gotten tickets to the Disney movie "Brave" instead.
Cierra Cowden remembered her father, 51-year-old Gordon Cowden as a charming and patient man who watched over his children. Once, fully clothed, he jumped into a pool to save one of his daughters who had been pretending to drown as part of a game.
Cierra Cowden, a 19-year-old University of Colorado student, testified Wednesday that her sister felt so bad that he jumped back in and swam around to make her feel better.
Her testimony came as families of the 12 killed in the 2012 attack took the stand in the final round of the sentencing hearing for gunman James Holmes.
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