Victims of the Aurora shooting – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The 12 people killed when a gunman dressed as the Joker opened fire on film fans at a Colorado cinema Mon 23 Jul 2012 06.31 EDT First published on Mon 23 Jul 2012 06.31 EDT Jonathan Blunk had planned to re-enlist in the navy, with the goal of becoming a Navy Seal. The 26-year-old served three tours in the Persian gulf and North Arabian sea between 2004 and 2009 Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Alexander J Boik, known as AJ, recently graduated from high school and was to start classes at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Jesse Childress was an US air force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley air force base in Aurora Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Gordon Cowden had gone to the midnight movie premiere with his two teenage children. At 51, he was the oldest of the victims killed in the shooting Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Jessica Ghawi was pursuing a career in sports journalism. She had previously survived a shooting at a Toronto mall Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter John Larimer, 27, was a US navy sailor based at Buckley air force base, where he was a cryptologic technician Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Matt McQuinn was shot dead after he dived in front of his girlfriend, Samantha Yowler, and her older brother to shield them from the gunfire Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Micayla Medek lived in the Denver suburb of Westminster, Colorado, and attended Aurora Community College Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Veronica Moser-Sullivan, six, the youngest of the victims. Her mother, Ashley Moser, remains hospitalised with gunshot wounds to her neck and abdomen Photograph: - Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Alex Sullivan was at The Dark Knight Rises premiere celebrating his 27th birthday and his first wedding anniversary Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Alexander C Teves, 24, of Phoenix, earned a master’s degree in counselling psychology from the University of Denver in June Photograph: - Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rebecca Ann Wingo had started a job several months ago as a customer relations representative at a mobile medical imaging company Photograph: Facebook Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Aurora shooting Gun crime