the rest of the nation. >> abdulazeez was a u.s. citizen originally from kuwait. a high school yearbook quote caught attention. quote, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? >> gurley knew him during a six-month period. >> average kid. average 18-year-old just out having a good time with his friends, learning something new, enjoying the moment. >> reporter: more recently abdulazeez had run-ins with the law, charged for speeding in 2013 and a dui arrest in april. authorities said they're aware of that blog posting and trying to confirm whether it was, indeed, written by abdulazeez. developing now in colorado we're getting new reaction from survivors of the aurora movie theater shooting the day after the jury reached a verdict in the james holmes trial.