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Walk you through as much of it as we now know. >> reporter: we know he clearly had a plan. that's the main part. the why, wherefore, we do not know, it was well under way before the theater. seems to have started at the motel some miles away. authorities don't know how he got there or why he was there. they know he left wigs glasses there, apparently going to use as a disguise to get away. as he came to the theater this idea of an escape plan seemed to be fully intact. take a look at the theater. when he pulled up here all indications are that he had changed the license plates on his car. he l...
>> that is just -- >> he was not in a rush to get out of there. just in a normal manner just shooting. >> that is just frightening to hear let alone be in the same theater complex where it all went down. were you ever worried at any point that you were in fact in danger? >> yes, ma'am. we -- the alarm went off because of what happened in the past, it was the initial thought that that was going on, and once out of the theater, i felt fine. the police did a great job of getting there, blocking off the area, and making sure the public's safety was fine. >> have you spoken with any police officers...
To do this interview because i want to tell you how proud i am of my officers and the response. it was an emotional interview. he cried at several points because they have been at this now for over three days, and they're drained and they're just now starting to process what they did on friday morning and how they probably saved countless lives. >> he told you something else, that his own daughter was at a midnight screening at another theater complex nearby. >> reporter: yeah. so imagine this. you're the chief of police in aurora, you get woken up at 1:00 in the morning from a phone call on y...