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tonight a more complete picture of james holmes' beginning to emerge. here's chris hansenhold of james holmes' mother this morning, the first thing she said was, you have the right person. what did she mean by that? what did she know? at first all we knew about the shooter was that he was taken alive. >> 24-year-old suspect is now in police custody. >> reporter: and we soon learn how he appeared to the terrified people in that theater. >> he's about 6 foot tall, 6'3", anywhere between that, about 185 pounds, 200 pounds, very muscular, and just scary. >> reporter: but details about 24-year-old james egan holmes began to surface quickly. law enforcement officials say holmes had his hair dyed red or orange and told people he was the joker, the batman villain played by keith ledger in the early batman film "the "dark 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 a

tonight, a more complete picture of james holmes is beginning to emerge. here's chris hansen reporter: a reporter says when they got ahold of james holmes' mother this morning, the first thing she said was, you have the right person. what did she american -- mean by that? >> 24-year-old suspect is now in police custody. >> reporter: and we soon learned how he appeared to the terrified people in that theater. >> he's about six foot tall, 6'3", about 185 pounds, 200 pounds, very muscular and just scary. >> reporter: but details about 24-year-old james eagan holmes began to surface quickly. law enforcement officials say holmes had his hair dyed red or orange and said he was the joker, the villain played by heath ledger in "the dark knight." would he have been role playing a scene out of that batman movie? >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. we are tonight's entertainment. >> reporter: 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 dresse

tonight, a more complete picture of james holmes is beginning to emerge. here is chris hansenthey got a hold of james holmes' mother this morning, the first thing she said was, you have the right person. what did she mean by that? what did she know? at first, all we knew about the shooter is that he was taken alive. >> 24-year-old suspect is now in police custody. >> reporter: and we soon learned how he appeared to the terrified people in the theater. >> he's about 6 foot tall, 6'3", anywhere in between that, about 185 pounds 200 pounds, very muscular and just scary. >> reporter: the details about 24-year-old james eagan holmes began to surface quickly. law enforcement officials say holmes had his hair dyed red or orange and told them he was the joker, the batman villain played by heath ledger in the earlier warner bros. film "the dark knight." could he have been role playing a scene right out of that batman movie? >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. for tonight's entertainment -- >> reporter: we don't know what holmes' motive might have been, but we know it was well planne