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them, they worked the same area, they re good friends. it s just a complete tragedy is what it is. reporter: the criminal investigation continues. the deputy that did succumb to his injuries, his body is at the harris county medical examiner s office. that was cnn s jean casarez reporting. and the tragic death of that deputy comes on a poignant day for law enforcement. the annual national memorial service for fallen police officers was held in the nation s capital on saturday. during the service, president joe biden noted the deadly shooting in texas, saying, we mourn the fallen and pray for the wounded. he also hailed the police officers who protected the capitol during the july 6th insurrection. nine months ago, your brothers and sisters thwarted an unconstitutional and fundamentally unamerican attack
the accused gunman, 24-year-old james holmes, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. what s the likely procedure when holmes appears in court? jean casarez from in session on trutv gives us a preview. every state is a little bit different in what its criminal procedure laws are regarding the courts. now in colorado, james holmes should have his initial appearance on monday and this in colorado is called an advisement. well, it is very constitutionally based. it is very short and what will happen is that the defendant will be aprides of his constitutional rights. if at that point formal charges have been filed, he will be read his charges. now if he is charged with first degree murder, which it is obviously believed he will be, that is not bondable. so there will be no expectation of bond. if he has not been formally charged, there will be another advisement later on where he is apprised of those formal charges. now what happens after that is that in about 30 days t