and throw the gas cannister. shoot the ceiling then point the gun at me and, you know, just massacring people left and right. >> how long do you think it was before the people generally in the theater understood this isn't some sort of publicity stunt for a movie, this is the real thing? >> i think it was probably, you know -- i mean, people started noticing about a minute or two into it after -- with the tear gas people were still thinking that it was, you know, a prank or whatever. but the second he lifted up the gun and shot it and people knew the sound of a real gun and saw the real bullets, that was there. that only took two minutes to realize. it went from calm and collective to entertaining to massive amounts of people being shot. it was just too short of a time frame to be able to adjust. >> that was jennifer seeger, eyewitness to the movie theater shooting in aurora, colorado. let's check back in with msnbc's