graduate, alex sullivan, who died celebrating his 27th birthday, and navy petty officer third class, john larimar>> i'm deeply saddened by the loss of petty officer larimar. he was a valued shipment and member of our team. and an extremely dedicated sailor. >> there were at least two couples torn apart by the tragedy. matt died while shielding his girlfriend from the gunman's bullets. >> they're devoted to each other. they have the sparkle of love in their eyes when they looked at each other. >> reporter: jansen says her boyfriend shoved her under a movie seat. blanc is now counted among the dead. >> he saved me and gave me the opportunity to live. he would have done it for anyone that day, the nearest person next to him, he would have been this person needs my help now. >> then there's the youngest murder victim. just 6 years old. her mother clinging to life, paralyzed with bullets in her neck and stomach. >> a 25-year-old girl guests shot and her whole life, nobody can tell her her daughter's dead, that's all she's asking about right now. her life has changed in a flash for what. >> reporter: a

. >>> a public visitation as well as a private funeral and burial are all planned today for john larimar, the navy officer who was killed while shielding his girlfriend from gunfire during last week's colorado theater shooting rampage. >>> and 1968 world olympic figure skater peggy fleming turns 64 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in a "today" exclusive, matt sits down live in london with gop presidential candidate mitt romney and his wife ann. and first lady michelle obama talks to al about the olympic version of her "let's move" campaign about childhood obesity. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac

john larimar was also killed. his parents released a statement saying the navy had notified them that their son was among the dead. jonathan blunt's girlfriend told reporters that he pushed her under a seat to save her. he couldn't save himself. a. j. would boyt's family said he was a loving young mandating a beautiful young lady with him at the time. we are blessed that she survived this incident. andrea mccarren is in colorado helping out the sister station down there, kusa. thanks for joining us right now. the fbi is down there in force. help us understand what are they doing? >> reporter: a lot of agents and specialists in explosives were brought in here from quantico. and what's happened this afternoon after the successful detonation by the bomb squad, a lot of the materials that will be considered evidence will be brought back to virginia, back to the quantico base for analysis. >> you've got a sense of what's going on there in colorado. tell us more about the victims. what do you hear? >> reporter: first of

. >> reporter: john larimar. >> he was an outstanding shipmate.nd an extremely dedicated sailor. >> larimar had his future mapped out. a 27-year-old petty officer in the navy, he was the fourth generation of a military family going back to his great grandfather who served in world war i. jesse childress. another military man. an air force staff sergeant. friends say childress worked hard by day, but liked to have fun at night. >> if there was a flag football team, he was always there to do it. he would go bowling every tuesday night. >> on friday night, he mixed work with pleasure. a comic book super hero fan, childress went to the movies with air force buddies. they say he was fatally wounded when he dove in front of a female friend. it wasn't the only act of heroism that night. alex teves, the 24-year-old arizona native is described as being all about life. it's not surprised to those close to him to lose his life by helping others. that night, he blocked a bullet from hitting his girlfriend. she says there's no doubt that he saved her life. >>