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Survivors, public officials react to guilty verdicts in Colorado theater shooting trial

Associated Press
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    Caleb Medley, who was shot in the face in the 2012 Aurora movie theater massacre, sits in a wheelchair near his wife Katie, left, and other family members as they talk with members of the media after attending the reading of the verdict in the trial of shooter James Holmes at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo., Thursday, July 16, 2015. A Colorado jury on Thursday convicted 27-year-old Holmes of killing 12 moviegoers and wounding dozens of others. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (The Associated Press)

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    Tom Teves, left, holds a mobile telephone for his wife, Caren, as the couple, who lost their son, Alex, in the 2012 Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, emerge from Arapahoe County courthouse after jurors convicted shooter James Holmes in the killing spree as the trial concluded Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Centennial, Colo. The 27-year-old Holmes, who had been working toward his Ph.D. in neuroscience, could get the death penalty for the massacre that left 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (The Associated Press)

A Colorado jury on Thursday convicted 27-year-old James Holmes of killing 12 moviegoers and wounding dozens of others in a suburban Denver movie theater in 2012.

How some survivors and public officials reacted:

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"It's unreal. Someone attempted to murder me, in a movie theater, when I was just doing nothing. ... Finally, this is coming to a close." — Jansen Young, who was wounded in the attack. She went to the theater that night with her boyfriend, Jonathan Blunk, who threw himself in front of Young to protect her. The 26-year-old father of two young children was killed.

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"I'll never forget the silhouette of the shotgun." — Survivor Marcus Weaver, who was sitting next to his friend Rebecca Wingo when she was killed. Weaver said he wept while watching a live stream of the judge reading the verdicts.

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"My body shuddered." — Survivor Yousef Gharbi on learning of Holmes' guilty verdict. Gharbi was shot in the head in the theater attack.

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"This has been an emotional and difficult time for the victims, their families, loved ones and friends. My hope is that this step brings some peace to each of them, and begins the healing process for all of Colorado." — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.

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"We're still here for you, and we will always be here for you." — Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan to victims.

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"As soon as you hear the first guilty, you knew the dominoes were going fall." — Tom Sullivan, father of Alex Sullivan, who was killed inside the theater.

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"I even felt a little sorry for him, about his past. It's obvious he has mental issues, but nothing that approached insanity." — Robert Sullivan, grandfather of Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, the youngest moviegoer slain in the theater. Robert Sullivan wore a button with a picture of Veronica on it.