he is a reporter with kdvr the fox station there, at the scene of the apartment. talk you again later. thank you, sir. >> reporter: not a problem, sir. >>> the white house has issued a statement from president obama just moments ago and it says "michelle and i are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in colorado. federal and local law enforcement still responding and my administration will do everything we can do to support the people of aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time. we are committed to bringing whomever was responsible to justice ensuring the safety of our people and caring for those who have been wounded. as we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one american family. all of us must have the people of aurora in our thoughts and prayers, as they confront the loss of family, friends and neighbors and we must stand together with them in the challenging hours and days to come ." >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney also issued a statement, it says "ann and i are deeply

. >> this video coming to us courtesy of kdvr. we're getting a lot of our information right now through twitter, through news agencies on the west coast, out there in the rocky mountain region. right now kmgh is reporting -- this is to give you some perspective on this scene, reporting right now county deputies surrounding the theater, weapons drawn. that is the scene right now, that comes to us from kmgh. we also have sound this morning from witnesses on the ground, on the scene there. let's roll some of that tape. >> you tell yourself in your mind over and over and over and over again don't lose your mind, don't lose your head, keep calm and keep stress free so that way you can help the ones who can't. my little sister, unfortunately, was one of those, and i mean, she was in tears, shaking, gripping as tight as she could to my arm and not letting go because where i went she wanted to be close to me. you know, it's the scary thought that runs through your mind that you know you have to do everything it takes to keep her safe and

he works for kdvr in denver. justin, you have worked there a while.how will police try to locate this shooter in have you heard anything about where they thing he might be? do they thing he might have gotten far? could he be in the neighborhood? is there any description of him in is he a younger person? older? what do we know? >> from my law enforcement background, the first thing they will do is look at the surveillance video. they want to know who he is. the best news is they have one person in custody. i'm told from a source this person was taken into custody immediately after the shooting. they will get with that person. probably as we speak. they will try and get as much information from this person as they can. and if you understand this, this person will feed us to the second individual. more details is that as the shooting started i was told an alarm went off in an adjacent stock market and that is where the second term may have gone. these are just preliminary details. we are working to confirm them. we expect more answers as police come. we

justin, thank you, from kdvr. shots started at 12:30 after the premiere of the batman movie opening justify outside the denver. there were a lot of people, a lot of demand to see the movie. >> additional information from the news conference from the police chief, was how the shooting play out. the shooter himself, appeared at front of the movie theater as you can imagine while all the people were there waiting for the premiere to begin and he appeared dressed in his garb, whatever he had on, a weird outfit and appears at front, and theys out the tear gas cannister and starts firing shots. injuring at least 50 people, loin of whom have been transported and as we now know the death toll rising to 14. >> we understand among the dead are children. in fact, even an infant. this is breaking news, it happened at 12:30 not morning, mountain time. as the breaking news happened, you watch fox news all the time, things can change. and they can change very, very dramatically as the breaking news unfolds. but that is the lates

>> thank you, sarah. >> want to mention, we're also monitoring the web site of our sister station, kdvr in denver, and they are now revising the number of dead down to 12 instead of 14. they are saying according to an aurora police press release that number has been revised to 12 people killed as opposed to 14. we'll bring you the latest on this story and more of our local news as well when we return. now it's 11 minutes after 8:00. fox5 morning news will be right back. >>> 8:15. welcome back. we want to update you on the breaking news out of aurora, colorado. you're looking at live pictures of these pictures, i am told are at the movie theater. are these at the apartment building? i think these are at the apartment building. these are live pictures from the apartment building, where the gunman who fired into a crowded movie theater in aurora, where he allegedly lives. it is being searched for possible explosives and other weapons. the gunman apparently indicated to police that there were explosives in his apartment. we have been looking at live pictures as well from the movie theater w

mass shooting casualty at the premier of "the dark knight rises," that look in colorado, courtesy of kdvrrning maryland" continues. >>> excuse us, we're a little frantic right now getting all this information not only from our managing editor jeff herman, but also from twitter and the wires. also information to pri you, terrible story that's happening this morning out of colorado and it's developing and getting worse and worse. >> 15 people now confirmed dead after a mass shooting at the premier of "the dark knight rises." aurora, colorado is about nine miles outside of denver, 20 miles near columbine. of course, columbine is probably a thought or memory you'll evoke as the day goes on because this story is certainly not going anywhere. this death toll has continually risen as we've been on the air with you since about 4:30 today. the whole thing started this morning at 12:30 during a scene in "the dark knight rises," a shootout scene. witnesses report a man walking into the back door, throwing in a smoke dprennade of some kind and then randomly opening fire and many people injured. hospi

right there at the scene is john bowman from our denver affiliate, kdvr. he is live now and he joins us. john, thank you very much. what is going on right now as we look at the pictures outside the home? >> reporter: what we can tell you right now the apartment complex is located about, just about 10 minutes from the theater complex. it is also the i-225 which is the beltway around aurora. this is just ironically west of the hospital complex, university hospital complex at old fit simmons army base. that is where 20 of the wounded and injured parties from the batman movie were taken. the youngest, a 3-month old child. this has just been a horrific morning for folks here in aurora and the denver metro area. we're in the apartment complex which is located on 17th and peoria. this is 10 minutes from the theater complex. you know there they were showing the batman all over the metro area. within seconds after the shootings at at aurora theater complex there were police at all the batman movies. we understand many around the country being postponed because of t

john bowman with kdvr, our sister station out there is with us on the phone right now. john, can you hear us? >> he, i can. good morning. >> john, a horrible situation there obviously that you guys are having to deal with. can you bring us up to speed with what you know, what you are hearing from police right now and set the scene for us? >> amirntly, 14 people have died and there are more than other with serious injuries. -- apparently, 14 people have died. some threatening to be critical at the same time. this was the premiere of the batman movie last night at the complex out in aurora which is kind of a sister city to denver. just after midnight, everybody comes to these movies in costumes and stuff look that and so everybody was dressed up in batman gear so to speak. so just moments after one of the movies started, a man gets up, he has a gas mask on, he is dressed all in black. he has a bulletproof vest on and he throws a tear gas canister in the theater. smoke officials the theater and then witnesses say the gunman just opened fire with semiautomatic or automatic

you had an intern killed at kdvr, the fox affiliate.jessica gowey and she was killed in the theater, correct? >> yes, she was an intern with us in our sports department a couple of years ago. >> bill: and can you tell me something about her? >> you know, bill, i didn't work with her and we are still kind of getting information. apparently her folks have been in contact with us because she did enjoy her internship here at fox. but we are still trying to work out some information on her are. >> bill: i understand that she was up in canada in another shooting incident but she is deceased now. i don't want this to sound harsh to anybody but reason that these children were in the theater at midnight to see batman is because their parents didn't want to pay for baby sitters because baby sitters are expensive so they take the children and the children fall asleep in the movie and the parent watches the movie and the 16-year-old girl is dead, the mother of the girl was shot in the chest. you just heard her father. she survived. do i have that s

among the dead, a former intern at two of our fox stations kabb in san antonio and kdvr in denver.sica graduated from the university of texas and left for colorado to pursue a career in sports broadcasting. just a few weeks ago she backlogged about narrowly escaping a deadly shooting at a mall in toronto writing and i "i was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on earth will end. when or where we will breathe our last breath ." jessica's friend and former colleague said she planned to start a charity collecting sports equipment for the victims of colorado's fires. mike lavender joins us live tonight. mike, thank you. condolences from all of us here. i know that you have spoken with her mother this morning, right? >> yes. i got a facebook message. actually, i woke up early, which is rare for me to be up at 5:00 a.m. but i turned on the tv and saw the coverage and opened my laptop and checked facebook. i went to facebook and there was a message from her mom on my wall saying jessica has been killed, call me. when i looked at the tv and i looked back at the computer and

you had an intern killed at kdvr, the fox affiliate. name jessica gowey and she was killed in the theater, correct? >> yes, she was an intern with us in our sports department a couple of years ago. >> bill: and can you tell me something about her? >> you know, bill, i didn't work with her and we are still kind of getting information. apparently her folks have been in contact with us because she did enjoy her internship here at fox. but we are still trying to work out some information on her are. >> bill: i understand that she was up in canada in another shooting incident but she is deceased now. i don't want this to sound harsh to anybody but reason that these children were in the theater at midnight to see batman is because their parents didn't want to pay for baby sitters because baby sitters are expensive so they take the children and the children fall asleep in the movie and the parent watches the movie and the 16-year-old girl is dead, the mother of the girl was shot in the chest. you just heard her father. she survived. do i have

we're looking up into the third floor, if we can see that picture again from our affiliate kdvr, and bomb experts in that so-called bucket that has been raised to the third-floor level. it seems they're poking and prodding something. i know it's difficult to know from your vantage point and clearly, still some activity underscoring your point that they're far from over. it's still a pain staking process and there are still many layers to peel back, so to speak, from the bomb experts' point of view before they can really ascertain whether this scene is safe and ready to go to try and collect some evidence. ed lavandera, keep us posted. go ahead. >> reporter: no, i was just going to say, what they had done earlier, they don't think it is completely safe in there. just about an hour ago we heard a controlled explosive device schfs what they called a -- this water bottle that kind of exploded and that was done to kind of dismantle the trip wires that were set up to one of the major explosive devices that they were the most concerned about. so when they say that major threat has been elim

you had an intern killed at kdvr, the fox affiliate.a gowey and she was killed in the theater, correct? >> yes, she was an intern with us in our sports department a couple of years ago. >> bill: and can you tell me something about her? >> you know, bll, i didn't work with her and we are still kind of getting information. apparently her folks have been in contact with us because she did enjoy her internship here at fox. but we are still trying to work out some information on her are. >> bill: i understand that she was up in canada in another shooting incident but she is deceased now. i don't want this to sound harsh to anybody but reason that these children were in the theater at midnight to see batman is because their parents didn't want to pay for baby sitters because baby sitters are expensive so they take the children and the children fall asleep in the movie and the parent watches the movie and the 16-year-old girl is dead, the mother of the girl was shot in the chest. you just heard her father. she survived. do i have that story ri

our affiliate kdvr happened to be there and managed to capture him there.on facebook and twitter and he was thoughtful enough here to take the time out. little bits of brightness in this very sad event here, john. >> it was a nice thing to do and it made people smile and that's important this week. thanks a lot, jim. >> that is very true. you need to smile sometimes, a little bit of something. soledad o'brien joins us with what is ahead on "starting point." >> let's going on this morning, talking about the election, voters say the 2012 election is becoming too negative. might already be there. we'll show you those polls but we know both mitt romney and president obama are not letting up. we'll talk with democratic representative and randy forbes of virginia discussing the campaign on both fronts. crisis in syria is also a topic of conversation, it's intensifying, some reports of al qaeda infiltrating the country, this as the assad regime continues to kill syrians every day while sitting on a stock pile of chemical weapons. we'll talk about the chemical weap

joining me live on the phone is kdvr reporter john bowman who has been on the scene. john, i don't know if you can hear me. we would like to know more about the police sending in the robot, because as we've heard from so many reporters there, the apartment apparently was booby trapped, as we heard from trace and adam house here there. there appear to be trip wires set up throughout the suspect's apartment when police were able to speak in the window they were able to see canisters of liquid that concern them 4, as well as strings that appear to have bobby trapped the apartment. let's see if john bowman can hear us with an update. john, are you there. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: tell us what you're seeing. >> oaurora fire department has moved three trucks with ladders around the apartment. they have used the cameras that we talked about earlier that the f.b.i. and bomb squad put in throughout back windows. they looked around in the apartment, they found devices that they are calling very sophisticated devices. they are talking about now they are going to wait and get th