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Ross to continue ABC Colorado coverage

ABC News chief investigate correspondent Brian Ross will continue to cover the Colorado theater shooting for the network, despite his incorrect report early Friday morning drawing a possible connection between shooting suspect James Holmes and the Tea Party.

Ross reported on the shooting for Friday night's edition of World News and again on Saturday's edition of Good Morning America. A spokesperson with the network confirmed that Ross would continue to cover the fallout from the shooting for ABC.

Ross came under sharp criticism on Friday morning for reporting that "a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado," had a web page on the Colorado Tea Party Patriots site, despite having no further evidence that the two men who shared a name and location were the same. A search of the Nexis database finds that there are approximately 18 individuals in the Aurora, Colo., area names James Holmes.

The network apologized on Friday afternoon in a statement that read, "An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted."