The jury has been selected for the trial of James Holmes, the alleged gunman in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting of 2012, and two of the members are closely tied to a different tragedy in the state.
According to NBC News, one of the jurors is a survivor of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School and another had a niece who was in the cafeteria during the incident and lived.
NBC News has the rundown on those jurors:
"Juror 535: A middle-age white woman formerly married to a San Antonio, Texas, police officer. She said she was hospitalized for being a danger to herself in a bout of depression after her divorce. She said a niece was in cafeteria at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher and injured 21 other people."
"Juror 737: A white man in his 20s or 30s who was at Columbine High School during the 1999 massacre. He said Harris and Klebold were his best friends through the eighth grade and that one of their victims was his prom date and best friend in high school. He said he spent 10 years in therapy after the shootings and was concerned that he might not be able to handle the evidence."
Overall, the jury consists of 19 women and five men, but as NBC News points out, 12 people out of the group will be alternatives. Only one of the jurors, a Hispanic woman, is part of a minority group.
During the selection process, the jurors were asked to state how they feel about capital punishment and mental illness. Holmes is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder charges.
On July 12, 2012, 12 people were killed and 58 people were injured when Holmes allegedly opened fire on a crowded movie theater during the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
