"Bad things happen to good people all the time, and nobody knows why. Once again we have mass murder in America, and the killer is a young man who is simply out of his mind. It's nobody's fault, there's no policy deficit, it's just an atrocity that's impossible to explain. 24-year-old James Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 59 others in a Colorado movie theater. So once again we have a crazy guy causing a massive amount of pain and destruction."

The Factor discussed the atrocity and its aftermath with Fox News correspondent Jon Scott, a Colorado native who spoke from the crime scene. "Another one of these tragedies has happened here," Scott lamented, "just like it happened thirteen years ago at Columbine. This just seems to be the case of an individual who just snapped." Scott elaborated on how Holmes carried out his massacre. "He bought a ticket, came in dressed as a civilian, and sat in the very front row. Then he went out through one of the fire escape exits, went to his car, dressed up in all his gear, and came back in carrying all those weapons. He must have either jammed open the door or used a piece of tape to make sure he could open it again." The Factor added that this episode had an atypical ending: "Usually in cases like this the suspects either kill themselves or the cops gun them down, but they captured this guy. Obviously he was bent on killing as many people as possible, but this guy had nothing in his past to indicate any violence."

Two eyewitnesses to the Colorado massacre entered the No Spin Zone with their first-hand accounts. "I was in the theater next to where the crisis was happening," William Washington said. "On screen there was a shootout, so we were hearing gunshots from the speakers in the theater. Then there were two gunshots that were a whole lot louder, which kind of sparked that something was wrong. Then we started to see the smoke, there was a whole lot of confusion, and we realized this was a crisis. I was seeing people with bloody faces, it looked like one guy was missing a piece of his leg." Salina Jordan described her reaction as one of pure disbelief. "I was in shock, it took me a half hour to actually process what was going on. My friend had to push me outside, I was oblivious to everything that was going on."

The Factor also debriefed 17-year-old Tanner Coon, who was watching the movie when he saw a canister fly across the theater. "After the canister landed," he recalled, "I saw some smoke and then, less than two seconds later, there was a large flash and a large bang. I first thought it was a firecracker, but then reality set in when shots were fired. I told my friends that we had to hit the ground and hide behind the chairs. People were panicking and freaking out, and I did see people who were dead as I was leaving the theater. I slipped on some blood and landed on a lady; I shook her and told her we need to get out, then I realized she was dead. I'm very lucky to be alive."

Denver radio anchor Steffan Tubbs laid out what is known about accused shooter James Holmes, who was until recently enrolled in a Ph.D. program. "We're going to learn more about him in the days to come," Tubbs said, "as some of his neighbors start talking. He had Colorado ties and Southern California ties, he graduated from the University of California at Riverside and then came here to Colorado. Even as we speak, his apartment is being searched by the FBI and the bomb squad. The police told us he willingly gave himself up." The Factor added that Holmes was certainly disciplined when it came to planning the mass murder: "He's a very disciplined guy, we know that from the way he planned this. He booby-trapped his apartment in Aurora and he put chemicals in jars with wires, obviously wanting to hurt more people."

The Factor reported that obtaining information about the dozens of shooting victims has been difficult: "We are basically trying to get profiles of all the people who were injured, but the authorities are doing the right thing. They're not releasing information about the people who were shot until they're absolutely sure that their family members have been alerted first. Also, dead bodies are still being removed from the theater." Colorado TV reporter Sara Morris elaborated from outside the hospital where some of the wounded are being treated. "Several of these victims have family members out of state, so the authorities obviously don't want families to hear about their loved ones through the media. There were dozens of people injured and a dozen killed, so there's so much information to be processed. They just want to make sure they don't mess it up."

The Factor asked psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow to sum up the Colorado massacre from his professional perspective. "The headline of this story," Ablow said, "is that all such episodes of seemingly random, senseless violence have roots that reach deeper than the moment. They can often be explained by psychopathology, and that pathology is often noticed by people who disregard it, who have denial about how severe a case is unfolding in front of them. If I had time with Mr. Holmes and family, we could trace the roots of his emotional instability. More than that, I could find people who had touched base with Mr. Holmes and knew that something dark was unfolding. It will become clear that people could have done more at various points."

The Factor concluded Friday's program with this personal message: "I've been a journalist for more than 35 years and I've seen horrendous violence all over the world. Most Americans are good people and we feel terrible tonight for the victims and their families, but there is nothing we can do about it. Those who try to exploit stories like this by blaming others or political policies are charlatans. Don't listen to them! We hope you say some prayers for the victims and their families, and we hope you tell your children and grandchildren that America is a noble nation, that what happened in Colorado is an aberration, and that no country is immune to this kind of stuff."