The jury weighing James E. Holmes' fate has reached a verdict, which will be announced at 4 p.m. PDT. Holmes was convicted by the same jury in July on 165 counts of murder and attempted murder in the 2012 Aurora, Colo., theater rampage, which left 12 dead and 70 wounded.
The verdict caps an emotional three-month trial of the 27-year-old Holmes, who opened fire at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," leaving a trail of blood and bodies.
The trial ended with two days of harrowing testimony by family members of the victims, stories of pain and loss that brought witnesses and jurors to tears: the 19-year-old who said her father's death left her family "broken"; the parents who see no future ahead, now that their daughter is gone.