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That. >> reporter: the few people who have contact with james eagan holmes describe him as not just quiet but lived with his shades drawn and revealed little. >> he kept to himself, didnt like a lot of attention. >> we never heard anything abnormal until midnight this morning when we heard loud tech know music playing. >> reporter: in the theater, witnesses say the suspect had no message at all. >> he didnt say a word. not a word. >> reporter: but he was dressed in full battle gear. >> he was we...

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...

from a navy notification team. alex sullivans friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short....

not the suspect whose name we will tell you and we will tell you what we know about him coming up. but the 71 people hes accused of attempting to kill. 12 who have died. we know only one so far by name, this woman, jessica ghawi, a journalist and blogger who also went by the name of jessica redfield. she narrowly escaped a shooting last month in toronto. she was 24 years old. ill talk to her brother shortly tonight in the hour ahead. shes the only fatality identified so far. we would t...

newsroom. lets get you up to speed now on whats happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. hes been meeting with victims of yesterdays horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. >> one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken coar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well rig...

Know at least one person was hit inside the adjoining theater. 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. we had over 50 detectives respond to the scene including the 150 to 200 police officers and deputies and over 50 victim advocates to work with family members and all our federal partners are here and we deeply, deeply appreciate their...

Neighbors said apparently while the shooter was at the theater there was music in his apartment playing over and over again, the same song playing on repeat. we learned from the university of colorado that he recently dropped out of the medical school there. again he was studying neuroscience to get his ph.d in neuroscience. he got his undergrad degree in neuroscience. neighbors in san diego where he grew up said he seemed like a nice kid. dont they always, alisyn? alisyn: we often hear that. de...

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...

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. >> he clearly wanted to survive. he clearly wanted to feel and look military in doing this. what does that tell you? >> well, you know, normally mass murderers end up dead at the end of the day. they dont care. theyre fed one life. they want their name in the headlights and ah-hha, ha, i ha done it. and in norway when he mowed...