Journalist faces judge over sources in Colorado shooting story DENVER (Reuters) - A Fox News reporter returned to a Colorado courtroom on Wednesday for a hearing on whether she should be compelled to reveal anonymous sources cited in a story about the July 2012 massacre of a dozen people in a suburban Denver movie theater. The outcome of the proceedings were inconclusive, however, and the judge put off a decision on the matter for at least four more months. Winter said in an affidavit that if she were compelled to divulge the names of the sources, her reputation in the industry would be "irreparably tarnished." Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. agreed and ordered Aurora police detective Alton Reed, who previously denied under oath that he was a source of the leak, to take the stand Wednesday and testify as to whether he told anyone about the notebook who may have then leaked its contents. Reed said he discussed the notebook in general terms with another police officer who was drafting a warrant but did not share information gleaned from his investigation with anyone else. Several other police investigators denied under oath in December that they had leaked information. After Reed's testimony, Holmes' lawyer, Rebecca Higgs, said someone in law enforcement must have lied about not disclosing sealed information and urged the judge to force Winter to disclose her sources. Winter's reporting was "not a noble act," Higgs said, because she knew there was a gag order in place, and Holmes' right to a fair trial trumps Winter's free-speech rights. But Samour, who took over the case last week, said he would not force Winter to testify until and unless the notebook, which is under seal, becomes evidence in the case. "I need to know whether the notebook will be admitted or not," he said. I can't speculate. The judge deferred ruling on the issue and ordered Winter back to court in August. Prosecutors have not been directly implicated in connection with the leak and have remained largely silent on the matter.