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was another car and then there was another police car and there was another police car. >> reporter: the effort to heal. >> we will remember you. we will honor you by celebrating life. >> reporter: the victims remember. >> maybe if i was there, she would still be here. >> reporter: hello, everyone. im don lemonment. . one week ago in aurora, colorado, one man in one moment changed the lives, so many lives, in an instant. tonight, the dramatic store of what happened inside theater 9. an...

Shooter it would turn out hadnt gotten away. police cornered him in the parking lot by his car. he offered no resistance. ultimately they tide four weapons to him, an ar-15 assault rifle, a sawed off shotgun and two glock handguns. aurora police chief daniel oates. >> the suspect was dressed all in black, he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: not only that, ...

But we know one thing, this massacre was well planned. aurora police chief, dan oates, says holmes came ready for action. >> the suspect was dressed all in black, he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector, and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell "dateline" holmes bought a ticket for the movie and went into the theater. soon after, they say, he propped an exit door open and...

killer that gets most of the attention. eric harris and dylanical icalk. anders behring breivik. today is the one-year anniversary of that mass killing. but names we should be hearing are those of the victims. we want to start this morning remembering those who lost their lives friday morning as told by the people they left behind. >> not surprising to me that his first thought would be her. thats what a man does. he protects his loved ones. im very proud of him. were going to miss him...

Helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector, and a groin protector and a gas mask. and black tactical gloves. >> law enforcement official tells nbc news hat holmes-hair was dyed red when he was arrested this morn. i ing. he told police he was the joker. all of his guns were purchased legally. they were purchased from two national chains, gander mountain and bass pro shop. he was a ph.d. candidate studying neuroscience. his apartment was rigged with explosives, but n...

Recently he began the process of dropping out of the program, for reasons we dont know. why did he do what he did? nbcs mike taibbi looks into that. >> reporter: the few people who had any contact with james eagan holmes in his aurora neighborhood describe him as not just quiet wus a recluse who lived with the shades drawn and when he did meet someone revealed is little. >> he kept doing so, didnt like a lot of attention. >> never heard anything abnormal until this morning when we heard loud tec...

Wounds on her. so -- i mean, it kind of -- it made me think the worst. >> reporter: the suspected shooter, it would turn out, hadnt gotten away. police cornered him in the parking lot by his car. he offered no resistance. ultimately they tied four weapons to him, an a-15 assault rifle, an ak-47 and two handguns. >> he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector, a groin protector, a gas mask and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: not only th...

Knigh knight". could he have been playing a scene from that movie? we dont know what holmes motive may have been. but we know one thing, this massacre was well planned. aurora police chief dan oates said holmes came ready for action. >> the suspect was dressed all in black. he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell dateline holmes bo...

the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. well share some of those stories throughout the morning. lets get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? >> reporter: good morning, randi. its really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex...

against so many people? colorado police and the fbi have been all over james holmes apartment today, slowly and carefully since the front door was rigged to trigger a bomb. were going to live to the apartment building in just a couple of moments. lets go to breanna keeler. >> don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in the midwest. half of the states in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. thats the region that produces about 75% of t...