Alexander Jonathan AJ Boik was 18 when he attended a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado on the night of July 20, 2012. A recent Gateway High School graduate accepted to Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, he loved baseball, music and pottery and planned to study art education. Family and friends remembered him as warm, quick-witted and a ball of joy who wanted others to be happy.

Their date became deadly when a lone gunman in tactical gear entered the theater, used tear gas grenades and opened fire. Boik was fatally wounded; his girlfriend survived but was left covered in his blood after trying to help him. Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack. The shooter, identified as James Eagan Holmes, was arrested at the scene and later charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.

If anyone knew AJ, his plans for college, or was at that screening, please share what can help remember him or assist the ongoing record of that night.