>>> good evening. it's one of those huge multi-plex theaters in this community the same kind all of us go to, the same kind you can find in just about every american community where the same thing is going to be happening this coming weekend as happened here last night. it was the midnight premiere of the movie "batman" a sold out crowd and a few minutes into the movie what took place then will go down as one of the largest mass shootings in american history . we wanted to lead off with the latest numbers tonight and they are absolutely staggering. 71 people were shot in this incident. 12 of them dead. we have 59 wounded and some of the wounded are struggling with critical injuries. the suspect in this case has been identified as a 24-year-old ph.d candidate, university of colorado , said to be a san diego native to start off with. james eagan holmes . he arrived apparently according to police after much planning. he was suited out from head to toe in tactical gear, carrying multiple weapons. imagine this. inside this state-of-the-art theater, this premiere movie, so many of the people in that theater had no other way of knowing that this wasn't somehow part of the presentation until it was clear the gas canister he fired off was real to suppress the crowd and the rounds coming from his weapons were real. our team is here assembled to cover this story. let's begin with what happened with nbc's miguel almaguer.
>> 315 and 314 for a shooting at century theaters .
>> reporter: the emergency calls flooded in as hundreds rushed out.
>> i have people running out of the theater that have been shot.
>> reporter: the victims soaked in blood, some carried out by family and friends. police say the gunman, 24-year-old neuro science graduate student james holmes wore body armor and was armed with an assault rifle , a 12 gauge shotgun and two glock hand guns. minutes into the batman movie he opened fire with his hair dyed a reddish orange. he told police he was the joker. 71 people were shot and 12 are deceased.
>> i thought there was no way in the world i'd get out of there without being shot.
>> reporter: these two men were among the hundreds inside theater number nine. they thought it was a stunt.
>> we thought it was part of the movie. everybody thought it was part of the show.
>> reporter: the shooter never said a word.
>> he looked so calm when he did it. it was scary.
>> reporter: witnesses say he tossed what appeared to be smoke grenades, then pointing his weapon into the air fired a single shot . movie goers dropped to the ground. some ran for the exits. then the suspect opened fire spraying bullets at anyone that moved. police found holmes ' parked car outside the back door of the sold out theater.
>> he surrendered without any significant incident to our officers.
>> reporter: tonight detectives have no motive and say holmes acted alone. four miles from the crime scene police swarmed his apartment.
>> his apartment is apparently booby trapped. we could be here for hours. we could be here for days.
>> reporter: using a hook and ladder fire truck and a camera connected to a pole, police discovered multiple incindiary devices.
>> right now in the back of the car getting him transported.
>> reporter: the victims were rushed to multiple hospitals including a mother with her infant.
>> i just grabbed my daughter and got out as fast as i could.
>> reporter: four members of the military. among the dead, 24-year-old jessica ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster. britney jackson considers herself lucky. she gave her movie ticket away when she became ill and was in the hospital when victims started pouring in.
>> there were people unconscious, people bleeding. i saw one bed go past, poor guy had blood caked all over his face.
>> reporter: tonight colorado's third largest city is in shock, a community grieving. miguel almaguer, nbc news, aurora, colorado.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48265059/
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