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Recently he began the process of dropping out of the program, for reasons we don't know. why did he do what he did? nbc's mike taibbi looks into that. >> reporter: the few people who had any contact with james eagan holmes in his aurora neighborhood describe him as not just quiet wus a recluse who lived with the shades drawn and when he did meet someone revealed is little. >> he kept doing so, didn't like a lot of attention. >> never heard anything abnormal until this morning when we heard loud techno music playing. >> reporter: witnesses said the suspect hb no message at all. >> he didn't say...

Wounds on her. so -- i mean, it kind of -- it made me think the worst. >> reporter: the suspected shooter, it would turn out, hadn't gotten away. police cornered him in the parking lot by his car. he offered no resistance. ultimately they tied four weapons to him, an a-15 assault rifle, an ak-47 and two handguns. >> he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector, a groin protector, a gas mask and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: not only that, his hair was dyed red, according to some, and he called himself the joker, batman's nemesis. he...

Knigh knight". could he have been playing a scene from that movie? we don't 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 bought a ticket for the movie and then went into the theater. soon after, they say, he propped an ex...

the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. we'll share some of those stories throughout the morning. let's 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. it's really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex, that is james holmes' apartment on the third floor. i want to play you some video now that we ...

against so many people? colorado police and the fbi have been all over james holmes' apartment today, slowly and carefully since the front door was rigged to trigger a bomb. we're going to live to the apartment building in just a couple of moments. let's go to breanna keeler. >> don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in the midwest. half of the states in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. that's the region that produces about 75% of the nation's corn and soybean crop. the drought is especially hard on livestock. many ranchers ha...