Psychiatrist called university security team about Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes WEEKS before massacre... but police were never told because he dropped out

A psychiatrist who counseled the man accused of the Aurora movie theater shooting reportedly tried to discuss her worries about his mental condition with University of Colorado staff.

Dr Lynne Fenton phoned members of a campus behavioral and security committee about graduate student James Holmes in early June however what exactly she wanted to discuss is unknown.



Holmes dropped out of the university on June 10. He was arraigned on Monday on charges of shooting dead 12 people and wounding 58 at an Aurora movie theater on July 20.

Concerns: Dr Lynne Fenton (left) called University of Colorado security staff about student James Holmes

Campus officials did not contact Aurora police before July 20 because Holmes had dropped out of school and they could no longer intervene, according to local Denver TV station KMGH.

The university said today it could not discuss the report, citing a court order barring the school from releasing details about Holmes' year-long tenure.

The university did confirm that Dr Fenton was a member of a campus behavior evaluation and threat assessment team, composed of faculty and staff, including campus police.

The team was created to address behavioral problems as well as potential security issues involving students.

Fenton could not be immediately reached for comment. Members of the university did not immediately return telephone messages seeking comment.

On Friday, Holmes' attorneys filed a motion that revealed Holmes was seeing the psychiatrist.



The revelation raised questions about Holmes' year of study at the university's medical campus and about possible motives behind the shooting.

An online resumé listed schizophrenia as one of Dr Fenton's research interests.

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The defense motion demanded that a package allegedly sent to Dr Fenton by Holmes, and received at the university after the shooting, be kept sealed because of doctor-patient confidentiality.

It also demanded information on who may have leaked information about its contents to some news media outlets that reported that Holmes had written descriptions of an attack in a notebook.

The spiral-bound pad , which sat unopened in the campus mail room, was filled with gun-wielding stick figures blowing away other stick figures, a law enforcement source said.

Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers disputed reports that a notebook contained descriptions of an attack.

District Chief Judge William Sylvester has sealed all court orders, search warrants, affidavits and the case file.

Holmes has been charged with 24 counts of first-degree murder, 116 counts of criminal intent to commit murder and one count of illegal possession of an explosive device.