James Eagan Holmes, who was charged in July with 142 counts of murder and attempted murder in a mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that killed 12 people, will soon find out if he will stand trial for his actions. At the opening of a preliminary hearing on Monday that is expected to last the entire week, prosecutors presented evidence to Arapahoe County judge William Sylvester, who will decide whether the 24-year-old former neuroscience student is mentally competent to stand trial. Early in the day’s testimony, Holmes was described as “out of it” by the officer who found him after the shooting, according to reports from The Denver Post. “He was very relaxed,” said Aurora Police Officer Jason Oviatt, who along with other officers found Holmes in the parking lot of the Cinemark Century 16 megaplex theater wearing two ammunition magazines and body armor. “It was like there weren’t normal responses.” (MORE: James Holmes Charged with 142 Counts in Colorado Theater Shooting) On July 20, Holmes entered the movie theater just after the beginning of a screening of The Dark Knight Returns, armed with an AR-15, rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a .40 caliber pistol, and opened fire on moviegoers, killing 12 and injuring 58. He surrendered to police without a struggle after the shooting. In a subsequent search of his nearby apartment, police found that he had booby-trapped it with explosives, which were later dismantled by investigators. Oviatt said Holmes was “just standing there” not moving much at all, and seemed unconcerned when officers arrived on the scene. “Not in any hurry. Not excited. Not urgent about anything.” The gunman was initially charged with 142 counts of murder and attempted murder, but prosecutors later added 24 additional counts for a total of 166. During early motions in the case prosecutors and defense lawyers debated over several types of evidence, much of it to do with Holmes’ mental state prior to the shooting. Holmes had attended the University of Colorado and was studying for his Ph.D in neuroscience,
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