The $5 million raised in donations for the Aurora Victim Relief Fund will be divided among victims and families of the Aurora movie theater massacre that claimed the lives of 12 and seriously injured 58 others according to the state-appointed mediator.
On Monday, Mediator Kenneth Feinberg, who was appointed by the Colorado governor John Hickenlooper to manage the funds created two categories. The first category would consist of the families of the 12 victims who were killed and the ones that were permanently injured. The second category consists of the remaining victims who were injured in the incident.
The first category will receive the bulk of the sum i.e. $4,961,739, according to Christian Post. This amounts to 70 percent of the amount, giving each $200,000 according to the article by Christian Post.
The second group will get the remaining 30 percent of the fund. The amount each victim in this category gets will be directly proportional to the number of days the victims were hospitalized.
Unfortunately, those victims who did not require over-night hospitalization or those who claim mental trauma will not be covered by the relief fund.
On July 20, at a midnight screening of the cult-inducing Dark Knight Rises film at a movie house in Aurora, Colorado, Holmes, opened fire killing 12 people and injuring 59 others. He was arrested that morning and placed in custody.
Currently, the alleged shooter Holmes is being held in a detention facility of Arapahoe County in solitary confinement. Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers told News Day that she is considering pursuing the death penalty, but only after consulting with the victims and their families.
Prosecutors have added 14 additional charges against Holmes. Prosecutors have also amended five of the other charges pitted against him in a hearing last week. Holmes has already been charged with 12 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder.
