joining me is marcus weaver who was also in the theater. obviously you have your arm in a sling.our injury. >> i wasn't really aware that i suffered an injury until i was trying to evacuate the theater. we had a friend, we were all down on the ground. he continued to fire shots. didn't know like when a good time to go is because he kept firing them and in between the shots, people were screaming, running for the exits, and then he would fire more. that went on like eight times. the whole time i'm thinking down there, my good friend rebecca, went to the movie, single mom, actually still missing -- >> she's missing? >> yeah. she suffered -- when i picked her up -- when he stopped firing, i picked her up, she had blood all over and she was unconscious. my first instinct was to get us out of there. i was going through the aisle and people were shot, laying in the way, people coming down the stairs. there were also people coming down the steps as well. it made it difficult for us to go by. ended up falling down. so i just set her down, i got out and figured i could come in with the po

joining me is marcus weaver who was also in the theater. obviously you have your arm in a sling.me about your injury. >> i wasn't really aware that i suffered an injury until i was trying to evacuate the theater. we had a friend, we were all down on the ground. he continued to fire shots. didn't know like when a good time to go is because he kept firing them and in between the shots, people were screaming, running for the exits, and then he would fire more. that went on like eight times. the whole time i'm thinking down there, my good friend rebecca, went to the movie, single mom, actually still missing -- >> she's missing? >> yeah. she suffered -- when i picked her up -- when he stopped firing, i picked her up, she had blood all over and she was unconscious. my first instinct was to get us out of there. i was going through the aisle and people were shot, laying in the way, people coming down the stairs. there were also people coming down the steps as well. it made it difficult for us to go by. ended up falling down. so i just set her down, i got out and figured i could come in w

i spoke with marcus weaver. a young man injured in the attack.e's waiting to hear about a friend of his who was in the theater. he described to me what he saw. >> when he first came out, it was after the smoke bomb went across the theater and it hit the other side and it was smokey and we all thought it was maybe a prank, something that went along with the movie. and the next two shots hit the front row and then the barrage of shots started clanking out. my friend and the people next to me ducked for cover and we were behind, it would seem like it was only six inches of seat that were the next step down, we just hold on for deer life, but it was hitting chairs, hit prognose people. >> when did you realize you were hit. >> i didn't realize until i got outside. >> so you didn't feel the bullet enter you? >> no. i think that i such an adrenaline rush and everybody is coming to me are you injured. >> this is the shirt. i got sprayed with some bullets right there. >> and how is your arm now? >> well, it's got like two holes right there where they ente

. >> marcus weaver was among the dozen shot. today he learned his friend rebecca was killed. >> marcus can't shake the nightmare. >> you heard little kids screaming for their mom. you heard people trampling over each other. >> with 26 hospitalized tonight nine victims remain in critical condition. among them 25-year-old ashley moser alive but paralyzed her 6-year-old daughter was killed by her side. >> a vibrant six-year-old just learned how to swim. >> among the dead gordon cowling was the oldest. staff sergeant jesse childress was in the air force. mikala attended the local community college and alex tevis was a grad student at the university of colorado. aj boice was an aspiring journalist. >> she was a fiery red head. there were so many word to describe her and none were negative. >> alex sullivan was killed on his 27th birthday. tomorrow would have been his first wedding anniversary. >> this can't be real. jansing young spoke to savannah guthrie on today. about her boyfriend, john blunk who also served his country. >> he was

very marcus weaver. thank you for taking time to talk to us. till me what happened.at 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 he

this man, marcus weaver has shrapnel inside his arms.ed to th scene to give a ama daetz a firsthand account of what it was like to be in here. >> they were okay. there were bullets hitting the seat in front of us. you could see the white light kept going. every eight to ten shots and that is when you heard, i could still hear it right now. just a little kid screaming, parents asking where their children were. people crawling over you. >> terry: that survivor just updated abc7 news reporter in aurora this morning. his friend died inside the theater. families held out hope but unaccounted loved ones might have escaped but they went door to door notifying loved ones that their relatives did not make it. news reporter a ama daetz is in colorado. she is going to continue to bring us live reports this evening. >>> theater massacre in colorado is prompting more calls for tighter gun control here in kraz california. capital correspondent nannette miranda reports from sacramento. >> reporter: the brady campaign to prevent gun violence ranks calif

one of those victims is marcus weaver a virginia beach native, who now lives in colorado.spoke to our affiliate wavy tv about what he snau the theater. >> you could hear the ricocheting off the seats, people screaming. it was utter chaos. when i was jumping over the seats to get to the exit there were people tram bell p elling over people lying on the ground. the most horrific scene i've ever seen. when i went outside, everyone was saying, hey, your shirt's bleeding. and i had a gunshot wound to my right shoulder. >> weaver is still recovering in the hospital. he said he's thankful he's alive and is praying for all the other victims. >>> it sends shock waves through the country as movie theaters prepare for one of the biggest weekends of the year. he and moviegoers say while the shooting is terrible, it shouldn't stop people from going to enjoy the movies. >> unfortunately. i think it's isolated. i don't think it's something that should change the movie theater industry as a practice. >> i did do a double take of should we be doing this, but i didn't want to alarm my kids

marcus weaver is a native of virginia beach who lives in colorado now.over the phone to your affiliate waby-tv about the chaotic scene out there. >> it was crazy. first reaction the office grab my friend and get down on the ground like everybody else was doing. he kept firing. he would fire off six to ten shots at a time. then pause. you would think it was stopping. then he kept firing. you could hear the ricocheting off the seats. it was utter chaos. when i was jumping over the seats to get to the exit there were people trampling over people lying on the ground and most horrific scene i've ever seen. when i went outside everyone was saying hey your shirt is bleeding and i had a gunshot wound to my right shoulder. >> weaver is recovering in a hospital tonight. he says he's thankful that he's still alive and he's praying for all the other victims. >> for the latest on the mass shooting, stay with nbc 4. brian williams will anchor from aurora, colorado tonight on "nightly news" coming up at 7:00 after this broadcast. that tragedy in colorado as law enforce

i spoke on friday night with a young man named marcus weaver. >> my friend, she's still missing, her name is rebecca wingo. there was a report on goodwill where they're looking on the internet. her friends and family, her dad has called me. they've been searching the hospitals. she's yet to be found. there was a moment where he stopped shooting. and so i picked her up and she had blood all over her face. and her body was bloodied. and she was unconscious. i tried to pick her up with my left hand and get her through the row. there were people trampling over the seating coming down. there were people in my aisle who were, like, lying down, injured, dead, crying. i mean, it was awful. i ended up tripping and then had to set her down. >> well, hours later, the sad news came out. rebecca wingo did die in that movie theater. so did nine others. two more died later at area hospitals. i want to tell you about some of what we know about the 12 whose lives were lost. not far from the century theater, 12 white crosses honor those whose lives have been cut short. kevin came to mourn his friend,

this man, marcus weaver, still has shrapnel in his arm after being shot inside the theater.d for the wounds he returned to the scene to give a firsthand account of what it was like to be in there. >> there were bullets hitting the seats in front of us. he was shooting at people at the exits. you can see the white lights kept going off. every eight or ten shots he would stop and that's when you heard -- i can still hear it now, just the little kids screaming and parents asking where their children are and people crawling over you, just a herd of people. it was just like what's the most like -- >> a dozen families waited all day long holding out hope that somehow their unaccounted-for loved ones might have escaped, but last night aurora police went door to door notifying all of the families of those who died inside the theater. >> abc7's reporter is in colorado as you saw a moment ago. he will continue to bring us updates. i have been on twitter. very interesting reports coming in, opinions coming in on that. >>> this morning the shooting suspect's father is in aurora after le

earlier in the program when we spoke with marcus weaver who was shot last night twice, he told us aboutend, her name is rebecca wingo. marcus told us she was badly wounded. he tried to carry her to safety but they got separated in the chaos and he hasn't heard or seen her since. if you have any information about her, anyone else or the investigation, there are numbers you can call for information about loved ones. the number's 303-739-1862. that's 303-739-1862. if you've got any information about the shooting, authorities would very much like you to call crime stoppers. 720-913-7867. our coverage continues. ahead, we're going to take a short break. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader.

colorado, and all politicians have suspended political ads on television here in colorado, but as marcus weavere question, what next? what happens here in aurora? let me bring in two guests. bill briggs, nbc news contributor. also covered columbine which is just 12, 13 miles down the road, and tom mouser, whose son daniel was killed at column comen cull booin who was just 159 years old. all of us were at columbine, and how does the community cope in the aftermath? such a shock. everybody we've spoken to seems to be in the say the of shock. >> that's the first phase. we have to get through it again. it's horribly familiar. you work through it once again. this is a community with some practice, unfortunately, on thousand handle this, how to cope, how to help the victims, how to help the police officers and the paramedics and stuff. unfortunately, we're pretty good at it. >> and, tom what would you say? i mean, as i've been watching some of the survivors come through, and they speak so matter of factually, and you know that what they have been through is such a tragedy, and unfortunately, you can

. >> marcus weaver was at the movie with his friend rebecca wingo, a single mother. rcus says when the shots started flying, he grabbed rebecca and another woman and got them on the ground. >> i was like i'm going to get a bullet. >> and he did. weaver took two bullets to his arm. he realized rebecca had been hit too. when the shooting stopped, he says he tried to get her out of there. >> she had blood all over her face. completely unconscious. so i grabbed her on my left-hand side, trying to get her down the aisle. >> but he couldn't do it. so he laid her down and managed to escape himself. >> i figured if i could get out and get help, the police had to be on the way. >> for hours after, he told his story to anyone who would listen, desperate to figure out what happened to his friend. >> i'm hoping that my friend rebecca is well somewhere. >> but on saturday his worst fears were realized. rebecca wingo's death was confirmed, she leaves behind two daughters. also among the dead, petty officer third class john larimer from crystal lake, illinois. >> he was an outstandi