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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. let's 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 just this year began the process, the school says, of withdrawing, but why we don't know. no record he...

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 what's 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 moments ago. we're also told that essentially they have two scenes. the theater scene they say they wil...

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 complex four miles from the theater where the shooting spree took place. aurora, colorado's police chief...

Clayton sandel on the phone, live on the scene. >> live at the scene. >> reporter: we're 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, who is on scene, as well. we know that the federal authorities are here for sure. and we hope to be h...

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 america's night at the movies, and then it turns tragic. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. and obviously i think in the next coming hours, one can't help but think of another mass shooting which took place in 1999 at columbine high school, which was about ten or 15 miles from here. so you know, that is obviously going to be on the minds of a lot of people here...