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Sir. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in our justice correspondent pete williams who has, of course, been following this throughout the morning. i know you were listening there to the police chief in aurora county a short time ago. lets talk about what we know at this point about this 24-year-old gunman. what can you tell us? >> not much. he grew up in san diego. he went to high school there. came to colorado to study neuroscience in denver. came in last year and then jus...

Fired one shot into the air and then lowered his weapons and began firing on the crowd there. >> we learned a few moments ago from the police chief just how well planned this attack seemed to be. he was wearing in addition to whats being described as a bullet proof vest a throat protector, groin protector, a gas mask, a ballistic helmet. it sounds as if he was in full body armor, if you will. his white hyundai parked right outside the back door there according to the police chief just a few mome...

Leeanne gregg there from the mall in colorado. one of the things we also found out moments ago from the news conference from the police chief, just how well planned this attack seemed to be. we heard a lot about what he was wearing during the attack. full body armor. throat protector, groin protector. he was in all black wearing a ballistic helmet as well. 24-year-old james holmes born on december 13, 1987. police say that holmes also booby-trapped his apartment as well. that apartment in a comp...

Clayton sandel on the phone, live on the scene. >> live at the scene. >> reporter: were expected to hear from the aurora police chief, daniel oates, if the n-- in the next few minutes. a technical note, it is probably not going to come in live. it is in an area where stations are not cabled live. we can try and bring it to you over the phone. i can confirm as we were talking earlier about the law enforcement response, i just ran into the special agent in charge of the denver fbi field office, wh...

Just the number of people across this country who were out for this premiere. a fun night at the theater. and then we wake up to this kind of news this morning. talk a little about just the popularity that drew people out. this is kind of americas night at the movies, and then it turns tragic. >> reporter: yeah. thats right. and obviously i think in the next coming hours, one cant help but think of another mass shooting which took place in 1999 at columbine high school, which was about ten or 15...

City hall. okay? thank you very much. >> that is aurora county police chief daniel oates giving us the latest on the theater shooting in colorado. we have gasolined a fair amount of new information. 71 people were shot according to the police chief. we know 12 of them died. 59 people were injured. the suspects name, james eagen holmes. he is 24 years old. the chief telling us that until this point the only interaction he had with police there, a speeding ticket in 2011. jay gray standing by ther...

Would love to come back to you later. right now i want to get to corbin dates who was inside theater 9 when the shots rang out shortly after midnight. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> did you have an opportunity to hear chief oates during that news conference? >> im sorry. its hard to hear you. >> i asked if you had an opportunity to hear chief oates a few moments ago during the news conference. >> i only got to hear bits and pieces. the noise around me was so loud. i was present to see it though...

Our website. and i want to say that the aurora mental health center has agreed to stay open 24 hours a day for this weekend. people may feel fine now and may have a problem tomorrow. they may have a problem next week, several months down the line. but they should seek some counseling or resources if they have been victims. its to be expected. if there are financial issues, that should not stop them. they should contact us for financial resources. we want to make sure we are getting out whatever ...

>> our affiliate kusa. jeremy, what have police found there? >> reporter: there is a quiet sense of apprehension in the neighborhood thats been criss-crossed with yellow police tape all morning. numerous paramedic vehicle, emergency vehicles, police walking around in some cases with assault rifles. at the center of the scene an unassuming square, red brick apartment complex, very generic. on the third floor of the apartment complex we are told thats the residence of james holmes. insid...

it includes five buildings in the area being evacuated. we have been asked how many folks were in the theater. we can tell you there were four showings of the batman movie. all of them were sold out. we have interviewed close to 200 witnesses. as to how many people were in the theater, thats the best i can tell you. caution about social media. please, as responsible journalists, be careful. we are analyzing all social media that is out there about this event. i can tell you that we are...