Potential juror says she was shot, mom murdered in 2009

A prospective juror has been released from the Colorado theater shooting case after she tearfully told a judge her mother had been murdered and she was wounded five years ago in an unrelated attack.

The woman told Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos A. Samour on Wednesday that she had been shot nine times in December 2009.

Samour didn’t ask for any specifics and her name was not released. Samour wished her well and told her she was dismissed.

Attorneys are in the process of selecting 12 jurors and 12 alternates who will hear the case against James Holmes. He is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in the 2012 attack in suburban Denver.

Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.