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we are told his name is james holmes. he was born december 13, 1987 and lives in aurora, colorado, where authorities are uh now. one of the many strange things about this is that after the shooting he didn t try to run away. he was arrested by the police standing near a car. he claimed that the car and his apartment were both rigged with explosives. they have searched his car and haven t found explosives. the picture you are looking at now is the apartment in aurora, colorado, he said was booby-trapped. you can see they have decided to go in a window of the apartment instead of the door, just in case he was right about the apartment. he was obviously not right about the car. we are told when he entered the theater he came through the theater exit. he had four weapons with him a rifle, shotgun and two handguns. he was dressed in black, wearing a mask, a bullet proof vest. ....
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 talked about what s inside. ....
We re still following the breaking news coming out of aurora, colorado. let s get to nbc news justice correspondent pete williams who has been following the story for us this morning. p pete, what can you tell us about the suspect, the 24-year-old james holmes? i think the biggest question here is what the motive was, and police are not giving us any indication that they know what that is. he s 24 years old, apparently lives in the aurora area for the last year or so. got a traffic ticket from the aurora police last year. that s their only known connection with him. he was not on a list of extremist groups or terrorist organizations. this is a name that police simply weren t familiar with. he was born december 13, 1987. now, we re told that there were tennessee license plates on his car, so we re trying to figure out what the connection was to tennessee. his parents live in san diego. i think that they own the apartment that he was in in ....
We can see firemen on a hook and ladder boom trying to pull the window frame away to clear the way for them to go in. the reason they think there are explosives there is that s what james holmes told authorities when he was arrested. consider one of the odd things about this horrible situation is after committing this act he apparently stood outside the theater near the car that he drove to get there and was arrested right there on the scene. he didn t turn the gun on himself or try to run away. he was born december 13, 1987. apparently lived in the aurora area for at least the last year. he was not, we are told, chuck, on any kind of watch list or any list of people to be concerned about. no list of extremist groups or any connection apparently with a terror group. in fact, the aurora police department, we checked the colorado records. there is no record of any previous run-in with the law except the aurora police department says last year he got a traffic ticket. ....
colorado, this morning after a mass shooting at a batman movie premiere. so far, 12 dead. and 38 injured. as a community searching for answers. a special edition of cnn newsroom starts right now. hello, everyone. i m in for carol costello. we welcome viewers from around the world watching on cnn international. a night at the movies turned into a night of terror for moviegoers in colorado after a gunman opens up a rampage. and here is the latest of what we know. gunshots erupted just outside of denver in an aurora, colorado, theater during an early morning screening of the dark knight rises. that is the new batman movie. 12 people are dead, 28 more wounded. a 3-month-old baby is among the wounded. police have a suspect in custody, a young man. a witness saw that man burst into the theater. somebody kicked in the emergency exit and started throwing gas grenade sais and started shooting people at random. was it movie theater number nine? number nine, which is t ....