>> i see a guy next to me getting shot. i realized that this is not, like part of the movie there. is a gunman shooting everyone. >> and there is one victim that nair quoly escaped another mass shooting. an aspiring sportscaster was also active as an online blogger said her twinl tweets just before the start of the movie. >> police captured homes outside of the theater carrying three weapons including an ak 47 assault rifle and reportedly told law enforcement he was the joker he looks like a deranged individual. he had hair painted red. >> and we're learning more tonight. he grew up in san diego, was an honor student. abc news confirmed he bought the guns legally. >> we have live reaction here if the bay area and there is

live with the latest. set the scene for us. >> i just got here, you can see behind me, just a silver of the theater where this happened. and that midnight showing of batman. a horrific scene. i can just tell you from getting out here, people on the plane were talking about what happened and updating loved ones and when we pulled into the shopping center it was creepy. the mall is shut down and then, have you emergency vehicles and an ambulance just came because looks like a woman may have had heat excaution. if you take a look this morning with this gunman who opened fire, and it's been heart wrenching for people, especially hearing what went on, and only about a half hour

from littleton. and everybody hears about a mass shooting in colorado they're thinking about the columbine tragedy. again this is the worst massacre in u.s. history. so there is a lot going on now. i'm told there will be a news conference at 7:00. i'm going to see what information i can get to i can bring you the latest. >> and thank you very much. and we'll come back this evening. bay area cities are increasing patrols in movie theaters in the wake of what happened in colorado today. abc 7 is live in jack london square where a shooting took place outside of a movie -- movie theater nearly two weeks ago. >> this shooting here outside jack london square was different and unrelated to what has happened in colorado. police believe there was a chance encounter between gang members whether or not they took additional security measures in reaction to that and today in reaction to what

happened they're not disclosing but getting support from police tonight. there is regal entertainment say they will notice stricter rules and oakland police chief says that is exactly what his department recommends based on the suspect red hair and gear. >> part of the reason the suspect, eve been told was able to go undetected is there were people allowed to wear costumes because of, i guess batman costumes and his enemies so there is not something unusual. >> police will increase patrols at theaters as will san jose and san francisco. >> this is a incident that has nationwide impact. and we want to make sure

people that come to oakland to attend are safe and that they return home safely. >> our hearts go out to victims of the tragedy in colorado. >> the police chief says the decision was made by the department without any requests from theater autos we want everybody attending any film to be reassured that we will spare no resource to make sure everybody gets to do so safely. >> and back matt fans says this enthusiasm was dampen whed heard about colorado but never considered staying home. >> that is a random act of violence. you can't get frightened about it. >> and it's unclear, but the parent company did issue a statement today saying that refunds will be handled as usual upon guest requests. that is a quote.

>> and thank you. >> we want to take you back live now to aurora, colorado this is a news conference underway. >> emotions and everyone is filled with a anger that can't find foamus. i think that the challenge for all, all of us as a community is to -- do we have to move past that? there is going to be a level after ktibility that is individual and clearly disturbed. i'm not, we'll not know exactly so how deep that is. we know how deep it is. but where it came from, but we're clear that we're going to ride back and lift our civil as above this. and this is several of the families in the hospital z we're going to have some, when you have that many people

injured there are people with live time disabilities and we're giving first.org within three hours we had $125,000 of matching money. there is to make sure victims of the senseless act of violence, again, there just aren't words we want to do everything we can to make sure victims are brought back never day, supported in every way that we can. we're not going to let this community be defined by such a sh-you know... if i had more sleep i might have a better vo cab back to you larry.

anyway, i -- vocabulary. doi think first responders were unbelievable. our support from the federal government has been incredible. secretary napolitano called me from homeland security this morning and wanted to do everything she could. she was a little late because president obama called me before that. but not until after he called the mayor and he called the police chief. he called, i mean the whole country recognizes this is something we don't accept. we can't explain at this point. but we're not going to just let it happen to us. we're going to push back. i also... i hope it's not here. here is his leadership has been remarkable. in times like this, you can see you know what is a true quality of people and how can they deal with situations that,

you know there is no training no way you can prepare for this. and i think the way he handled all of the integration of the different efforts between the federal and state, county and local, it is a remarkable skill. he's been able to pull everybody together and everybody is moving forward. this happened. what do we do next? in that sense, unbelievable. so... i don't think i've done this, i think you should give it a hand. >> and so now back to the chief. >> i want to point out...

joining me is special agent from the fbi of atf. and there are partners have been tremendous in supporting us. i want to start by saying how proud i am of the men and women of the fire department and police department. mike garcia, chief of the fire department is with us. there is a 70 injured in this event. as of this time, 12 dead. number is 10 in the theater, last of the bodies removed after 5:00 this afternoon. and i think today i said others were hit by gunfire. i know a handful of the people brought to the hospitals were not hit by gunfire but suffered other injuries as a result of the chaos and trauma. and i can't tell you how many that s but it's a small number. and nearly everyone was shot.

a little information about our subject. and weapons obtained. he purchased four guns and through the internet, he purchased over 6,000 rounds of an anything more than 3,000 rounds of 223 ammunition for assault rifle. 3,000 rounds of 40 caliber ammunition for glocs in his position and 300 rounds with a shotgun. also through the internet purchasing multiple magazines including one drum which was recovered from the scene. i've been asked was the weapon automatic or semi automatic. i can't answer that question right now. and i'm told by experts with that drum magazine, he could have gotten all 50-60 rounds

within a minute. and as far as we know, it was a rapid pace of fire in that theater. this evening at 4:00 members of the police department and many supporting agencies met with seven family and friends, 70 members of the family and friends have not had accounting of missing loved ones. we met with them for 90 minutes and discussed efforts to identify the 10 bodies in the theater. and did the best we do to deal with their grief and anguish. we're hopeful that sometime within the hour we'll get a confirmed ligs of the 10 deceased and we'll begin the

agonizing process of meeting with those families and confirming what happened to their loved ones. i can't emphasize enough support of all of our colleagues in local law enforcement in handling that difficult task. and we're also aided by our own police department psychologists. and aurora public schools made available two high schools for tomorrow beginning at 9:00 a.m. for professional grief counseling and other resources. and the red cross. and those two schools were open at 9:00 a.m. and superintendent john barry with us to meet with families and the support of the superintendent and mayor of public schools has been tremendous. >> that is the chief in aurora speaking about the shooting tragedy. we know how the suspect got ammunition, from the internet.

>> as you can see from the chief and governor, a lot of emotion in colorado tonight. they try to process what happened. and here is one of the questions we're asking. what made a dock toreal student snap like this? he had roots in southern california tonight we're learning about his good upbringing. he was a good student. mark? >> the shooting happened in aurora, colorado. he was going to the university of denver, aurora is where the university has its medical school. he was enrolled there in neuroscience, hpd program until last month. i want to take you where he grew up in southern california in the san diego suburb. this is where the family still lives, and it's where james hoevms father was. he left the house escorted by police.

bag in hand, he left this morning, after his wife told abc news had arrested the right man. and homes escorted to lindberg field. he boarded a flight to colorado. and detectives have been questioning family members where james holmes grew up. >> this family is very upset and taken everyone by surprise. >> the family saying our hearts go out to those involved and to the families and friends of those involved, our family is cooperating with authorities in san diego, california and in aurora, colorado. and as a teenager james holmes attended west view high school. he was a member of the school's soccer team and those who few him say he was a bright boy. >> i remember jimmy being diet. very smart. >> after high school james

holmes accepted in uc riverside. the chancellor says the school is in shock. >> here is an honor student. so academically he was at the top of the top. and he -- he really just distinguished himself from an academic point of view during four years with us. >> i just can't understand what turns a young man in this case from being a good student, from growing up in a good neighborhood, and then, going off to school and... what happened? i don't know. >> and the question you've posed why, that is the question that haunts the family. and the family and friends of the victims. >> yeah. >> and thank you, mark. the james holmes was apparently named after his uncle who lives in carmel. holmes described his nephew has a nerd and says he's shocked and horrified by news

of the killings. >> right. the uncle of the 24-year-old suspect does live here in carmel just a very short distance away. and just a short time ago, we did saysit the house of the relative whose name is also james holmes. he did not answer the door and appears not to be at home now. and he did talk earlier off camera with a reporter from the local abc affiliate. according to our station here, mr. holmes described his nephew as a nerd, and unassuming kid. he said that he is shocked and horrified by the news adding his nephew never acted out during his childhood or teenager years. local affiliate says he also rear refered to his nephew as jimmy and others have done, refered to his phd studies in biology and neuroscience, we have left our contact information at the carmel home.

and if the suspect's uncle contacts us, we'll report any additional inside into the character of this 24-year-old, a young man who his actions have caused so much news, and grief. >> thank you. >> so what is it like to be shot? what goes through your mind? as you wait for paramedics? it's an ordeal a man remembers very clearly after the 1988 massacre at efl plant. he survived. and so did the emotional scars of happened what happened. david? >> the efl building was replaced by newer buildings and occupied by other companies so there is no more physical reminders and yet, a 64-year-old man greg scott still remembers getting shot and wondering whether he would

survive. >> i was face down on the floor. my glasses were filling full of bloochld i thought i'm the only one in that room. the blood has got to be from me. i've been shot. >> he was hit in the finger and face 24 years ago when richard farley burst into the defense contractor esl. seven people killed and he was one of four wounded. he lay on the floor this is what went through his mind about a minute. >> you've been shot. you're bleeding pro fusely. you're probably going bleed to death he doesn't recall pain. however, it was a long wait over an hour before he could leave because the gunman was in the adjacent office. when he could escape his brain gave eyes what some would call x ray vision. >> everything from the time i was at the bottom of the scares was black and white. i knew coy not step anywhere with black. okay?

i learned later on that i had stepped over two bodies of co-workers on the way out. >> once in the care of paramedics and later at the hospital scott says his brain played tricks with his sense of time. >> i remember looking athe clock and thinking it's taking the secondhand a long time. >> and and there is a rare reminder of the massacre but his mind still remembers his brush with death. and modified his behavior. >> you can't go into a room anymore without checking out two exists. and you go into a conference room. you want to be seated know. a door. it changes everything about your life. >> he says he keeps a name and number of a psychiatrist in his wallet and received counseling and says he's doing fine. not all are survivors fare as

well. he says some of his co-survivors have crawled into a shell. >> thank you. >> and we'll have much more in our next half hour on the colorado theater shooting including reaction of hollywood. and you can also get breaking news updates on twitter and on our facebook page facebook.com. >> and of course, stay with us for a special edition of 2020, tragedy in colorado movie theater massacre tonight at 10:00. >> we're going move on to other things. after months of being separated, suspended sheriff and his wife are reunited. and not for long. >> plus, a tearful day in court. the grandmother of a shooting suspect meets a grandmother of a toddler gunned down in his father's arms.

>> i'm spencer christian. hoping for a warm weekend you're going get a wish, and more

tonight, ross mirk ream and his wife are officially back together. this after a judge lifted a stay away order that separated the couple for seven months. >> the best part is that theo is going to have his family together. >> it's been seven months since the two were separated. >> this has been beyond cruel and punishing. this isn't something that anyone could had asked for. >> no one seemed to object to the lifting of the order. mirkarimi had been ordered to attend parental counseling and domestic violence classes after pleading guilty to a reduced domestic violence charge of misdemeanor false imprisonment. a probation officer told the judge that mirkarimi had good

marks in classes and did he not object to lifting the court order. prosecutor asked lopez whether she would feel safe if the stay away order was lifted. lopez answered yes. judge wong revoked his order. prosecutor tarhy did not object. >> i think judge wong about d.what was fair and appropriate and what would happen in any other domestic violence case. >> mirkarimi still stands a possibility of losing his job as sheriff. lopez testified last night at the hearing and was resolute in her loyalty to her husband. mirkarimi said today was a happy break in the long nightmare. >> what is the first thing you're going to do? any plans? >> no answer to that. >> lopez returns to venezuela to care for her aling father and work on a movie. the ethics commission wraps up the investigation next month.

then, the superviseors will decide whether mirkarimi gets his job back. vic lee abc 7 news. >> and there is a 16-year-old being charged as an adult in the shooting death of a toddler. the little boy shot and killed. abc 7 news is live at the court house tonight with the story. nick? >> good evening. it's a tale two of families united in what call a senseless tragedy. one grandmother says this 16-year-old is not the man prosecutors make him out to be. the second is a grandmother who says she and her family are still dealing with the loss of a little boy who brought joy to so many. >> and i just don't know what to say. it's no words. i'm loss for words. >> hazel lawrence the grandmother says she and her family are still dealing with the loss of the 23-month-old toddler, hiram shot in the

head being held by his father. >> i keep him in my heart. i got a good heart. i got a spiritual heart. >> she came to court to see the man investigators say is responsible for the deej this is going to be the way it's supposed to be done, justice. >> prosecutors say he was part of a bloody shootout in a liquor store after the taping last november. laurians junior was struck after gunfire exploded. hiram died after a family decided to take him off life support. >> i have to see about him. i love him. >> so the grandmother of the man accused fought back tears after hearing the charges against her grandson. charges that include one count of murder, six counts of attempted murder. >> he was raised good. properly. i just can't say nothing else. >> local law enforcement says they're confident they've identified and charged a man

with firing a shot that killed hiram. >> gits to stand here to demonstrate to the public we didn't give up in this case. he is back in court on monday. he's expected to enter a plea. in oakland abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and let's focus your attention on weekend weather. >> and warm up that is here. spencer christian is here now. >> big warm up coming our way yesterday. this is a look aas you can see there is absence of clouds and fog. so there is no cooling marine affect. it's warmer and 90 degrees in santa rosa. 92 antioch. upper 80s in concord and livermore. there is weekend going to be warmer, hot conditions inland and here is one reason why.

taking a look at the map you can see a huge hot air mass covering about western two thirds of the nation that. now sliding west into california and into the bay area, and that is a warm up that is an understatement. tonight we'll see fog return together coast that may move locally across the bay. clear skies inland and low temperatures ranging from mid to upper 50s, then, tomorrow, big warm up and we'll start at 5:00 in the morning and fog burning back to the coast and then, away from the coast. and by mid day to mid afternoon, we'll take a look at highs mid-60s on the coast. 70s and 80s around the bay. upper 90s inland. let's start in the south bay. sunny skies and warm, highs into mid to upper 80s, 85 cupertino. on the anyone anyone sla. 79 in san mateo and is quite

warm with highs into low 90s across a wide expanse. 92 degrees in calistoga. 94 in santa rosa. 91 in petaluma. near east bay highs into low 80s. there is inland east bay quite a bit warmer, mid to upper 90s. 98 in fairfield and antioch. and livermore, and 99 brentwood. can we get 100? possibly. low to mid-70s near the bay. sheert accu-weather forecast. so we'll see upper 90s inland tomorrow, mid-90s sunday and monday. then starting to cool down on tuesday and wednesday. high temperatures inland reaching into 80s, next thee days getting heat you've been waiting for for this mid to late july season. >> reasonable for sure. >> thank you. >> and coming up next an abc 7 news exclusive. back live to aurora, colorado we'll talk live with one of

the survivors of the terrible shooting. >> movie industry's reaction and changes beñ!ñcús

back now to the latest on the deadly theater shooting that left 12 people dead and 70 wounded in one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history. it happened at midnight showing of the new batman movie in aurora, colorado. the governor and police chief just provided an update for us. the governor reported that 11 people remain in critical condition tonight. and police say most of the victims were shot, some were hurt in the struggle to escape the theater. holmes was captured outside of the theater carrying three weapons including an ak 47 assault rif rifle. abc news learned guns were purchased legally. >> in 60 days purchased four guns and through the internet, purchased over 6,000 rounds of

ammunition. 2000 rounds of 223 ammunition for assault rival. 3,000 rounds of 40 caliber ammunition. and 300 rounds of the 12 gauge shotgun. >> and right now we know police continue to stake out the apartment building which is booby trapped they're expected to be there the cop autos and there is nothing important than the lives taken on this day. but there are questions about what this will do to the batman brand. abc 7 news is live in san mateo. and he spoke with fans of the comics and movies about this question. wayne? >> there are three screens playing this movey and they're prime yairyly full. books are selling and books but it's safe to say this has

been a blow worse than anything afflicted by the riddler or joker. >> who better to analyze a possible link than the people who know batman best? >> we've got banman here, then more featured stories. >> to appreciate the empire look no further than where batman had become so popular some of the items sold out. mark placito says any connection between the store and shootings remains circumstantial. >> you can make a loose connection saying used tear gas and tear gas is used in other kinds. >> at century theater some people stayed away. >> i'm not going take my grandchildren to go see

batman. we were. >> the movie played foremostly packed houses and zach bouchey hadn't heard of the tragedy until we told them. >> there is maybe the only psychological confrontation i can see. >> a thought where customers pointed out how any violence remains fictional until learning other wise. >> there is inthun had a break with reality. >> so despite the tragedy there is tho response from security here at the local theaters about whether they'd added any. there were police going by here. we asked if they'd been stepped up. there is a another movie goers

will not be able to wear costume that's make others feel uncomfortable. we've seen none that have here, today, either. >> and wayne, thank you very much. >> we want to go back to aroara, colorado. >> she has a survivor with her tonight. >> yes. very marcus weaver. thank you for taking time to talk to us. till me what happened. what you saw and heard. >> it was a packed movie house full of people ranging from 13-25 and i got there early to get a good seat. in the middle, fifth row. my friend got there. we're excited and people cheering. so something i would never forget as long as i live.

there is a smoke bomb from right side to the left. we thought there was a little kid playing a prank. but... there was two gunshots. and then all of a sudden my worst nightmare happened. a guy had a semi automatic weapon. you can see the explosions coming from the gun, shotgun or whatever against the smoke background. almost like it was just a surreal situation. because this is a joke? part of the movie? >> you said it got chaotic. >> i got my friend. we got on the ground. then the girl next to me got on the ground and i got on top of them. there are bullets hitting seats in front of us, he was shooting at people at the exit. you can see white lights, every eight to 10 shots he would stop and you heard the

most, i can still hear it. little kids screaming like parents asking where their children are, people crawling over you. just a herd of people. the most, like, horrific scene. almost like out of like, some type of strange, like horror movie. >> then, you tried to grab your friend? >> yes. we got up after the guy let off 80 shots i'm thinking well, i'm not concerned about my life but this, my friend, a single parent, loving family. so i was just like i need to do something. i picked her up. at this point i don't know if she had been shot but she was unconscious and had blood on her head. i didn't notice anything else or top stop to check pulse. i started to walk down the aisle but there are people jumping over the aisles and they're already laying, injured in the aisle. and people just inform the seats. ways just dammit if i can get

a paramedic i could be okay. >> then, you didn't realize you had been hit until you came outside? show us your wounds here? what happened. >> i got this cut. it went into my skin right here. and the shrapnel is still here embedded here on my skin and shirt. i didn't notice i was bleeding until i got outside. i got these two holes to show the guy cut my shirt. it was just... >> now you don't know where your friend is? >> no. her parents called me today. one lives in california, one here, her ex-husband called me. i put on her facebook page call me if you know information. called hospitals haven't heard. last time she was unconscious with blood dripping from her in the auditorium. soy hope if you know, please contact her family. >> we appreciate you telling us about what happened this

morning. despite everything that happened to you. >> thank you. >> so again we're hearing from victim skpuz know hopefully everybody is trying to get a hold of loved ones and find out if it was one of their loved ones killed inside of the theater. there are still a lot of unknowns at this point. we're getting updates throughout the night and of course bringing that to you as soon as we get new developments. >> just remarkable. >> and the movie industry reacting tonight to this tragedy. the director of the movie released this statement reading in part boy like to express our pro found sorry at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the community. the movie theet jeremy home. and idea someone would violate that innocent hopeful place in such an unbearablely savage way is devastating to me. don?

>> actually wampber brothers decided to drop a trailer from a film called "gangster squad" showing an assault with rifles inside of a movie theater. it's a trailer not shown before the rampage in colorado. >> this takes place in a violent feature, no one is suggesting it has anything to do with the shootings. and this is a director. >> i don't think this is associated with film production and this movie in its self. >> and she's just been nominated for an emmy. >> idea of who is a hero is a relevant one.

it's ironic something like this would nap a film. >> she is a teacher in san francisco state university. >> there is a film premier was scheduled in paris but it has been cancelled. and some fans were outside of the paris hotel. warner brothers released a statement saying the studio and film makers are deeply saddened to hear about sh this shocking incident. and this studio has not indicated there will be distribution changes. >> amc dwleert as announcing refunds and exchanges. this is going to affect the

predicted weekend box office but after all that is about money, not lives. >> and thank you very much z condolences pouring out on social media. a special group set up on facebook called prayers for aurora, colorado shooting victims and families. there are messages coming from as far as australia. some people are also replacing their profile picture was this black rick ribbon that says aurora and the date. and stay with us for continuing courage we'll have the latest developments online at abc 7 news.com. you can get breaking news on twitter. and on our facebook page and there is more at 9:00 and 11:00. >> just ahead tonight helping thousands of foster children in the bay area. >> abc 7 news salutes

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