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 h

and that is james eagan holmes, and we will now listen in to the court proceedings. >> good morning. morning. mr. holmes, this matter comes on what we call an initial advisement. could you please step back? you have the right to remain silent. if you make any statement, it can be used against you. you have a right to be represented by an attorney. if you could not afford one on the guidelines, i will appoint one to represent you at no cost to yourself. your plea must be voluntary, not the result of anyone's doing, no coercion. typically you have a right to be advised of the charges. you have a right to be advised of the charges, the preliminary determination of probable cause to believe you committed the offense of first-degree murder, which is a class one felony under colorado law. ordinary individuals are entitled to bail, given the nature of the charges you are currently being held on a no bond hold. you also have the opportunity to a trial and preliminary hearing to determine whether there was probable cause to believe you're the person that committed the offense. mr. holmes, do y

james eagan holmes has roots in esuthern california so we sent bill whittaker to san diego to find out more about him. >> reporter: 24-year-old james holmes left different impressions on people he ver untered in life. duathe university of california, river side, where he graduated emth honors in neuroscience in 2010, he's remembered as brilliant. tim white is university ehancellor. >> he was an honors student. so academically he was at the top of the top. he really distinguished himself from an academic point of view during his four years with us. >> reporter: back in the northern suburbs of san diego, friends came and went from his family home all day. eis father, surrounded by police left for denver early this morning. julie adams lives around the corner. her son played soccer with james. >> people come here because of the school district, so it's very... lots of kids. lots a lots of kids, because of that and, obviously his parents want to give them the best and that's why they live here. >> reporter: in high school he thn a competitive position at a rigorous science boot camp and al

. >> reporter: 24-year-old james eagan holmes allegedly opened fire in a crowded colorado theater, shootingople. killing 12. at the premier of the batman movie, "the dark knight rises." 911 tape captured the chaos. >> at least one person that has been shot. but they are saying there are hundreds of people just running around. somebody is still shooting inside theater number nine, per employee. >> with his hair dyed red, the former medical student armed with assault rifle and two handguns. covered in full body armor and wearing a gas mask he threw smoke canisters in the crowd before opening fire. >> someone is spraying gas. >> get us some gas masks for theater nine. we have can't get in it. >> reporter: at first, people in the theater thought it was part of the movie experience. >> there were explosions behind me. i thought it was just normal practical joke. you know? >> reporter: witnesses say holmes began firing, calmly stopping to reload. >> he shot the ceiling and then everybody knew it was real. it wasn't a joke. >> a little bit after we showed up to the lobby we heard a loud explosion.

we talked about that neighborhood where james eagan holmes lived and that the s.w.a.t.s been there, trying to get in all day, gingerly doing that. they don't want to blow themselves up. they don't want to blow the entire neighborhood up, because this suspect says he had booby trapped the entire apartment. at that complex now, cnn's keon law, there getting information. what are you learning? >> we're hearing the very same thing. suspicions from the people who live here at this apartment complex. the apartment is right over my right shoulder. we spoke to a woman who lives right underneath. and she said she normally never heard any sounds. but then suddenly at midnight, some very loud techno music suddenly came on. here's what she told us. >> it suddenly came on, yes, like somebody started up a party, which was so unusual because we didn't hear people up there. >> he couldn't have been there, do you think it was set on a timer? >> i do believe it was set on a timer. especially considering the events i now know transpired. >> so why the timer? the timer, because the neighbo

police tell nbc news that james eagan holmes it dyed his hair, kind of an orangish-red and identify as the joker, of course, one of batman's nemesises. holmes is 24 years old originally from san diego. a ph.d. student at the university of colorado in denver and described as a brilliant science student. the university says he enrolled in june of last year, but was in the process of withdrawing from the neuroscience graduate program. after his arrest, he actually told police that his apartment was boobytrapped, and police who went in there found all sorts of trip wires. they found what they believe are incendiary devices. they have a huge problem on their hands, although of the five apartment buildings in the complex where he lived, in four of them, police are slowly going to allow people to go back in and get emergency supplies, things like medicine or baby supplies. however, obviously, that apartment building is still in lockdown. let me bring a couple of people who yesterday were completely -- please, come on in -- who were xw excited about coming to this movie. joining me, jennifer a

james eagan holmes. we may never fully understand about this heinous and horrific crime.t the alleged shooter who killed 12 people and left another 59 injured. holmes is a 24-year-old who attended high school and college in southern california. he graduated in 2010. he moved to colorado last year to study neuroscience at the university of colorado denver where he was a ph.d. candidate. but the university reports that last month holmes dropped out of the program. last night holmes was arrested in the parking lot of the movie theater in aurora just moments after he shot and killed 12 people and injured another 50. here's what we know about what happened in that theater. holmes decked out in a gas mask, riot helmet, and bulletproof vest busted in through a back door and hurled cannisters of an unknown gas into the theater. police say he was armed with two pistols, one shot gun, and one assault rifle at the scene. and then homes had wired his apartment with booby-traps loaded with quote, very sophisticated explosives and devices. it's hard to imagine what would make someone c

he went out the emergency exit, dropping open the door behind him. 24-year-old james eagan holmes was apparently gearing up for an action scene of his own. police say he had with him a smith & wesson assault rifle, a remington pump action shotgun and two glock semiautomatic pistols. 12:39 this was the scene on the screen, christian bail, holmes came back through the emergency exit wearing a gas mask. witnesses say he threw a green canister into the crowd, filling the theater with smoke. >> your eyes are burning. makes you want to close them. you can't breathe. >> reenacting a scene, witnesses say holmes fired into the air and then started shooting into the crowd. >> first, was the guy seating right next to me got shot in the chest. >> the bullet cases falling on my fore med. >> at that moment, i remember thinking i'm not going to die in here. me and my kids are not going to die in here. i need to get them out. >> he walks further, he points it at me. he has a rifle in my face. >> there's a moment where my daughter tripped. i just pulled her up and i was just dragging her. i was thinki

. >> bret: adam, reports early on that the suspect james eagan holmes was cooperating with officials. is that changing? what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: right. yeah, it is changing. he was talking to them. they won't tell us how open he was. we know when they confronted him outside the back of the theater. there was no confrontation whatsoever. he did tell them about his apartment and what was inside. we know that he spoke to them. he said other things they wouldn't share with us. but now he has a lawyer and told us he is not speaking at all. we do know also, bret, this late hour, they are looking at two different buildings at the medical center, the colorado medical center, the university of colorado medical center in aurora not far away. those buildings have been evacuated as well, as a precaution. bomb-sniffing dogs to ensure where he worked. he didn't leave anything. >> bret: adam housley live outside the theater in aurora. thank you. the carnage in colorado forced the president and governor romney to tear up their campaign plans today. and start over. white house cor

james eagan holmes will appear in court here tomorrow morning., he has been appointed a public defender. a short time ago, i spoke with veteran denver legal analyst scott robinson and psychologist jeff gardere, and i asked them how the public defender will approach the case. >> the defense doesn't have a choice. they don't have identity as an issue, they don't have premeditation as an issue. it's clear this is the perpetrator and the crime is first degree murder. they have to take the only tool they have, and that's the insanity plea. >> and so what is it, jeff? tell me. what would psychiatrist who is hired by the defense be looking for? it starts with, even if he's competent to stand trial. beyond that, if you're looking for an insanity defense, what kind of questions would a psychiatrist be asking? >> a psychiatrist or psychologist would want to look at whether there was any history of mental health issues, would probably want to know if there were any sort of auditory or visual hallucinations, whether he had broken with reality before. just th

alleged gunman, james eagan holmes is due in court this morning. >> jeff glor is at the scene of the shooting in aurora, colorado. good morning to you, jeff. >> reporter: norah, good morning to you. last night we watched a vigil here, an extraordinary show of support for those here in aurora. this as the president reminded the nation about the resolve of the human spirit. >> even in the darkest of days, life continues. and people are strong. and people bounce back. and people are resilient. >> the president arrived here sunday afternoon first meeting privately with families of those who died and those injured. and he shared a harrowing tale of heroism. stephanie davies and allie young were there. allie immediately stood up. >> she was shot in the neck and a punctured vein and immediately she started spurting blood. stephanie, 21 years old, had the presence of mind to drop down on the ground with her, pull her out of the aisle, place her fingers over where allie had been wounded and applied pressure the entire time while the gunman was still shooting. >> davies called 9-1-1 and stayed

we're learning more about the suspect in this shooting. 24-year-old james eagan holmes.nt at the university of colorado. our drew griffin is here, investigative reporter, digging more information. drew's the reason we were doing that. what are you learning about the background? >> a little more about the extensive planning that may have gone into this attack by this suspect. cnn has obtained a receipt of tactical gear that james holmes bought online back on july 2nd. the tactical gear which matches the description of some of the witnesses who described what he was wearing. urban assault dress. triple pistol magazine. m-16 magazine pouch. and a knife, a large knife. all of them colored in black. we do have that receipt. we're trying to get that accessible. it was shipped to his home that the police are now at right now. shows that he's been -- >> full protective gear. as we heard the witnesses say, they couldn't even make out what he looked like. all they could see was how tall he was and his stature. they didn't know what race he was, nothing. he covered key parts of his

police tell nbc news that james eagan holmes had dyed his hair. it was kind of this orangish hair and he identified himself as the joker. he's 24 years old, originally from san diego. he was a ph.d. student at the university of colorado in denver and, in fact, he's been described as a brilliant science student. the university says he enrolled in june of last year but was in the process of withdrawing from the neuroscience graduate program. after his arrest, he actually told police that his apartment was booby trapped and police went in there, found all sorts of trip wires, they found what they believe are incendiary devices. they have a huge problem on their hands. although, of the five apartment buildings in the complex where he lived, in four of them police are slowly going to allow people to go back in and get emergency supplies, things like medicine or baby supplies. however, obviously that apartment building is still in lockdown. let me bring a couple of people who yesterday were complete -- please, come on in. who were excited about coming t

. >> amid the chaos in the moments following the shooting, 24-year-old james eagan holmes almost got away. wearing tactical gear, he slipped out of the theater and looked like any other swat team member on the scene except for one mistake. >> there was one particular piece of equipment that he had on him that was out of place. i am so proud of my officers that they spotted that right away and challenged him. >> authorities were able to clear out all of the explosives in holmes' apartment. including 30 homemade grenades designed to kill whoever walked in and triggered a trip wire. among the evidence found inside, a batman mask. >> we're building a case to show that this was a deliberative process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this. >> president obama spent several hours here in a private meeting with the families of the victims. he says he told them he wasn't here so much as president but as a father and a husband. >> we can all understand what it would be to have somebody that we love taken from us in this fashion. >> sunday night thousands gathered in aurora to mourn. t

tonight inside the arap hoe county jail, james eagan holmes has been spitting at the guards so frequently that every time he leaves his cell, he's made to wear a face guard. abc news has also learned that inside the aurora police headquarters in the hours after the shooting, holmes was staring at the wall with his eyebrows twitching, and when investigators put evidence bags over his hands to preserve the gunpowder residue he started using the bags as hand puppets. >> this could be all behavior that is indicative of a psychotic episode. it might be there's other stuff going on in his head. >> reporter: today the washington post said his mother worried about him being socially isolated and wanted him in counselling. in the days before the massacre, mixed signals. a neighbor says he was out looking for a new apartment. two days before, he was spotted in this bar, chatting sports. on the other hand, holmes had a profile on match.com that read, will you come visit me in prison? meanwhile, extraordinary new stories in the survivors. amanda lindgren's boyfriend sacrificed himself to save her. >>

the alleged gunman, 24-year-old james eagan holmes, is in the county jail, reportedly in solitary confinement for his own safety. his first court appearance is scheduled for monday morning. today, police began their search of his apartment after detonating an explosive device holmes had left inside, and authorities say that video shows him picking up a shipment of 150 pounds of ammunition. and new pictures of holmes have also emerged. in a summer lab program for premed college students in san diego where he grew up. that was six years ago. we have a team of correspondents working this story tonight, looking at those lives cut short, those who survived, and the investigation. joining me first is barry petersen with what we're learning about some of those who died. barry. >> reporter: the effort today has been to identify the dead. so far names of 11 of the 12 victims, and the release of every name is news that is devastating to family and friends. on his '27th birthday, alex sullivan had much to celebrate-- his coming one-year wedding anniversary, and from the batman premiere he tweeted, "oh,

. >> reporter: amid the chaos in the moments following the shooting, 24-year-old james eagan holmes almost got away. wearing tactical gear he slipped out of the theater and looked like any other s.w.a.t. team member on the scene except for one mistake. >> there was one particular piece of equipment he had on him that was out of place. i'm so proud of my officers that they spotted that right away and challenged him. >> reporter: authorities were able to clear out all of the explosives in holmes' apartment, including 30 homemade grenades designed to kill whoever walked in and triggered a trip wire. among the evidence found inside, a batman mask. >> we're building a case to show that this was deliberative process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this. >> reporter: president obama spent several hours here on sunday in a private meeting with the families of the victims. he says he told them he wasn't here so much as president but as a father and a husband. >> we can all understand what it would be to have somebody that we love taken from us in this fashion. >> reporter: sunday night t

. >> the suspect 24-year-old james eagan holmes is not talk much to police, 35 is a motive he is notaying. >> i don't want to get into his head in terms of what he was planning, we have the evidence of a deliberate, assault and getting answers from his home has been stalled by booby traps. a tangle of trip wires and homemade hand grenades were rigged to explode, serious stuff say investigators designed to kill and maim. >> the controlled detonation rumbled through the neighborhood as the painstaking process continued, investigators negotiating a deadly maze in hoping to preserve whatever evidence is inside. i was able to reach a police officer and talk to him and he got me to the hospital. >> some of the 58 wounded have now been sent home, others remain hospitalized with shrapnel and gunshot wounds. >> for a few patients says trauma surgeon bob snider the nightmare will never be erased. >> some of the injuries that we are dealing with and the patients are dealing with right now are going to be permanent. >> they were easy targets for a man who seemed was doing as much damage as he po

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. >> our suspect's name is james eagan holmes. within roughly one minute to a minute and a half, police officers apprehended mr. holmes in the back of the theater. we are confident that he ancted alone. >> such evil is senseless. it is beyond reason. >> it is an absolute horror for all of those people who were in those theaters, and their families. our hearts go out to them. >> a dark night that will never be forgotten, and the search for answers to the tragedy in colorado. good evening. i'm ann curry here in aurora, colorado. a community reeling from that deadly shooting overnight in the theater just behind me. here are the latest numbers from police. 12 people were killed. 59 people were wounded. some of them remain in critical condition at this hour. we begin tonight with the very latest. tonight, it is not just aurora, colorado, in stunned disbelief, it is an entire nation. nearly 18 1/2 hours after the deadly rampage at this multiplex in suburban denver, police here are still trying to make some sense of a senseless act of vi

booking photo of perhaps one of the worst mass murderers in american history was relieved, james eagan holmes who was read his rights in front of a colorado judge. we'll get to that in a second. first, moments ago, the family of holmes made this, the attorney of the family of holmes, made a brief statement regarding their honor student turned accused mass murderer. >> the family wants to reiterate their hearts go out to the victims and their families. the holmes family would like to maintain their privacy. so at this time, we will not be discussing james or his relationship to his family. and we would respect courtesy in that regard. >> let's bring greta van susteren in who was in the courtroom when holmes sat in front of the judge. give us a sense. we saw the bizarre facial expressions and demeanor of this guy. what information did he give you or maybe even a prosecutor with all these kind of wacky actions? >> well, first of all we don't know what the defense will be down the road but this is not aa whodunit. he left a trail of bread crumbs. he waited outside in a parking lot for the police

like how -- like it's just not right. >> investigators say the suspect, 24-year-old james eagan holmesy for war. wearing body armor and carrying four guns and 6000 rounds of ammunition. >>> james holmes is described as a quiet and intelligent but also, a loner. neighbors say he would not even acknowledge them in the hallway. he grew up in salinas, but his family moved to san diego when he was in middle school. he graduated from u.c. riverside with a degree in neuro science. holmes will be arraigned monday morning. >>> bomb experts are hoping toker and holmes' boobytrapped apartment this morning. these are live pictures from a helicopter over holmes's apartment. authorities plan to remove items from there that could explode, including about 30 shells that will be placed in sand trucks and taken to a disposal site. police are warning that the removal process could lead to an explosion, as well as a fire. k.t.v.u.'s own eric rasmussen is at that scene on the ground right now. he will have a live report at 9:00, and bring us any breaking news there that apartment complex. >>> we're also le

booking photo of perhaps one of the worst mass murderers in american history was relieved, james eagan holmes in front of a colorado judge. we'll get to that in a second. first, moments ago, the family of holmes made this, the attorney of the family of holmes, made a brief statement regarding their honor student turned accused mass murderer. >> the family wants to reiterate their hearts go out to the victims and their families. the holmes family would like to maintain their privacy. so at this time, we will not be discussing james or his relationship to his family. and we would respect courtesy in that regard. >> let's bring greta van susteren in who was in the courtroom when holmes sat in front of the judge. give us a sense. we saw the bizarre facial expressions and demeanor of this guy. what information did he give you or maybe even a prosecutor with all these kind of wacky actions? >> well, first of all we don't know what the defense will be down the road but this is not aa whodunit. he left a trail of bread crumbs. he waited outside in a parking lot for the police until they arrested him

according to police, this man, 24-year-old james eagan holmes purchased a ticket for the 12:05 movie. he then walked into the theater and right back out the exit door, leaving it propped open. after getting dressed in riot gear, he burst back through that door, set off canister of tear gas and opened fire. holmes was a phd candidate at the neuroscience program at the university of colorado. prior to today holmes's only brush with law, a speeding ticket. now to how the events unfolded inside that theater. the chaos erupted. the first calls to 911 at 12:39 a.m. local time. >> there's saying somebody is shooting in the auditorium. there is at least one person that's been shot but they're saying there's just hundreds of people running around. >> within 90 seconds police were on the scene. >> seven down. seven down. >> get me some officers in nine so we can get the moveable victims out. >> according to scanner traffic, holmes was spotted around 12:45, he was arrested shortly thereafter in the parking lot behind the theater, still wearing the vest, helmet and gas mask. four weapons were rec

. >> james eagan holmes. >> we may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings like this cht . >>> it is now just 14 hours from when all eyes shifted to the tragedy in aurora, colorado. one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history. the details remain influx, but here's the latest this hour. 71 shot. 12 died. the rest were injured. now, the tragic shooting in colorado has stunned the nation an the political world today. it happened just after the start of a midnight premier of the new bat man movie, "the dark knight rises." a heavily armed gunman bursting into the theatre through an exit door and here's how witnesses describe what happened next. >> he threw one gas like, one tear gas thing. >> landed in the road. hit the girl right in front of us. then it exploded. >> then he threw another one. i think that went to the right of us. >> and did you see him starting to shoot people at that point? >> he waited, he looked like, he looked so calm when he did it. it was scary. he waited for the bombs both to explode before he made any type of move, then af

according to police, this man, 24-year-old james eagan holmes purchased a ticket for the 12:05 movie.ked into the theater and right back out the exit door, leaving it propped open. after getting dressed in riot gear, he burst back through that

. >> for the record james eagan holmes allegedly used a semiautomatic rifle, shotgun, and 40 caliber pistol, all of which he bought legally. and the president isn't proposing any new laws. >>> mitt romney doesn't want any new gun laws either even though as massachusetts governor he signed an assaults weapon ban in quadruple. the gun license fee was quadrupled. that was a long time ago and new england is a long way away. today the gop candidate for president is in old engelland calling on government officials ahead of tomorrow night's opening ceremonies for the london summer games. jim acosta is standing by on downing street. i understand romney caused a few ripples with his remarks on olympic security. >> reporter: yeah, kyra. he made some waves here in london when he gave an interview to nbc yesterday. during that interview he talked about some of the problems that london has encountered in preparing for the olympic games and he said that those problems were in his words disconcerting. he said it was hard to see how things would turn out here in london. well, the prime minister davi

booking photo of perhaps one of the worst mass murderers in american history was relieved, james eagan holmesad his rights in front of a colorado judge. we'll get to that in a second. first, moments ago, the family of holmes made this, the attorney of the family of holmes, made a brief statement regarding their honor student turned accused mass murderer. >> the family wants to reiterate their hearts go out to the victims and their families. the holmes family would like to maintain their privacy. so at this time, we will not be discussing james or his relationship to his family. and we would respect courtesy in that regard. >> let's bring greta van susteren in who was in the courtroom when holmes sat in front of the judge. give us a sense. we saw the bizarre facial expressions and demeanor of this guy. what information did he give you or maybe even a prosecutor with all these kind of wacky actions? >> well, first of all we don't know what the defense will be down the road but this is not aa whodunit. he left a trail of bread crumbs. he waited outside in a parking lot for the police until they

according to police, this man, 24-year-old james eagan holmes purchased a ticket for the 12:05 movie.he theater and right back out the exit door, leaving it propped open. after getting dressed in riot gear, he burst back through that door, set off canister of tear gas and opened fire. holmes was a phd candidate at the neuroscience program at the university of colorado. io

. >> the suspected gunman now identified as 24-year-old james eagan holmes. he was arrested outside the theater near the back of a apartment. outside police found three weapons in that car, another gun was found inside the theater. authorities evacuated everyone in the suspect's apartment building by 4:00 a.m. after he warned them that his home was booby trapped. when they broke in later they found incendiary and chemical devices as well as apparent trip wires. police are still on the scene at that apartment. let's get the very latest right now starting with cnn's ed lavandera. he's over at the movie theater where all of this unfolded. what is the very latest, ed? >> reporter: wolf, we've just confirmed with a law enforcement source as to where these four guns were purchased. we've been told by this law enforcement source that all four guns were purchased legally within the last six months. two of the guns were purchased at a bass pro shop in the city of denver. one of the guns was purchased at a mountain gander gun store here in the town of aurora. another w

..sierra lamamr prosecutors on monday filed two sets of first-degree murder charges against james eagan holmesr each of the of 12 deaths that occurred during a theater massacre in effectively laying the strategy in the event holmes' lawyers successfully mount an insanity defense. with deliberation" and killing with "extreme human life" give the jury potential death penalty sentence under colorado law, actions that demonstrate "an attitude of universal malice." it isn't unusual for prosecutors to file two victim in colorado, cited by the aurora "it's very common for that they believe they canholmes, who appeared briefly in court monday morning to hear the charges against him, also was charged with holmes is accused of attack on moviegoers at the midnight premiere of "a dark knight rises" after wiring explosives to have leveled detonated his next court appearance will be august 9th. >> opening statements today with apple and samsung. apple is filing this lawsuit against samsung last year alleging that the largest attack company are knockoffs. cupertino based apple is asking for $2.5 billion in d