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That. >> reporter: the few people who have contact with james eagan holmes describe him as not just quiet but lived with his shades drawn and revealed little. >> he kept to himself, didn't like a lot of attention. >> we never heard anything abnormal until midnight this morning when we heard loud tech know music playing. >> reporter: in the theater, witnesses say the suspect had no message at all. >> he didn't say a word. not a word. >> reporter: but he was dressed in full battle gear. >> he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a ...

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 ...

from a navy notification team. alex sullivan's friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short. >> somebody shooting in the auditorium. >> 315 and 314, there is at least one person that's been s...

not the suspect whose name we will tell you and we will tell you what we know about him coming up. but the 71 people he's accused of attempting to kill. 12 who have died. we know only one so far by name, this woman, jessica ghawi, a journalist and blogger who also went by the name of jessica redfield. she narrowly escaped a shooting last month in toronto. she was 24 years old. i'll talk to her brother shortly tonight in the hour ahead. she's the only fatality identified so far. we would tell you more of their names, more of who they were, because we think it's important tonight to fo...