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'Dark Knight' gunman wanted to avoid shooting kids Tuesday June 2 nd , 2015 at 8:46 AM 1 Share DENVER - A psychiatrist testified on Monday that Colorado theater gunman James Holmes chose a midnight screening of a movie to commit mass murder because he believed there would be fewer children present. Court-appointed psychiatrist William Reid, who made the comments during questioning by a prosecutor in a capital case now in its sixth week, said Holmes also indicated he was sorry when he learned a young girl was among the dead. "He said that he didn't want to kill children," Reid said Holmes told him of the late-night attack. A coroner has testified that the girl, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, was shot four times. Holmes, 27, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder stemming from the July 2012 rampage that killed 12 moviegoers and wounded 70. His defense att