. >> he grew up in a san diego community called rancho penasquitos. >> he is a member of the jr.arsity soccer team at west view high school. >> that's where it made me think about the times where he was kicked out of class. he was just that person. >> one former classmate remembered him as the class bully. but others in his neighborhood said he was a classic loner. >> he was just quiet. >> unable to find a job, he moved to colorado last fall and appeared to be nothing more than a quiet and easy going graduate student. but he was a different jim holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop where the owner said he caught tips on firing the guns he had planned to use. >> we carry all of those firearms in stock, very specifically reb james holmes face. >> last night, neighbors at his apartment building said they heard loud tech know music coming from his apartment. but the recorded sounds of gunshots added in. holmes was already at the theater at the time. >> as odd as what really brought up the red flags for us, the apartment complex is very quiet. there's no noise, nothing. then

james holmes grew up in san diego in the upper middle class community of rancho penasquitos. he played junior varsity soccer and graduated from high school there and then from uc riverside with a degree in neuro science. >> he was in neuro science. he was at the top of the top. he really distinguished himself from an academic point of vaw graduating with highest honors. >> it was a different james holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop the last few months asking about tips about firing a gun. >> i immediately recognized him when i saw his picture. my first words out of my mouth is oh my god he looks familiar. >> i can't understand what turns a young man in this case from being a good student and growing up in a good neighborhood, and then going off to school and what happened? i don't know. >> when he couldn't find a job after graduating from uc riverside, his mother encouraged him to pursue a graduate degree at the university of colorado, but he was in the process of withdrawing from the phd program. when his mother was contacted this morning she did not seem surpri

this is a suburb of san diego called rancho penasquitos, very nice neighborhood where people say people schools are so good. his mother remains inside the house, his father earlier today taken off by escort by san diego police escort on his way to colorado. in speaking with neighbors, including the next-door neighbor, a gentleman named tom mai, said when he knew him as a kid, he was shy with no friends. >> nice guy, no violence. i didn't hear any very noisy, very loud music from his family, you know, room at all, yeah. so, no loud friends. >> reporter: we spoke with another neighbor, a woman named julie adams, whose son actually played on the same soccer team in high school with james holmes. re's what she had to say. >> the helicopters were circling the neighborhood, and so i pulled out the annual and i showed it to him. and i just showed it to him real quickly, and then he headed off to work, and that's when he came back to me and said, oh, my gosh, i played soccer with him. >> reporter: no one from the family is speaking at this point. neighbors and friends have been coming and going

james holmes grew up in san diego in the upper middle class community of rancho penasquitos.ayed junior varsity soccer and graduated from high school there and then from uc riverside with a degree in neuro science. >> he was in neuro science. he was at the top of the top. he really distinguished himself from an academic point of vaw graduating with highest honors. >> it was a different james holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop the last few months asking about tips about firing a gun. >> i immediately recognized him when i saw his picture. my first words out of my mouth is oh my god he looks familiar. >> i can't understand what turns a young man in this case from being a good student and growing up in a good neighborhood, and then going off to school and what happened? i don't know. >> when he couldn't find a job after graduating from uc riverside, his mother encouraged him to pursue a graduate degree at the university of colorado, but he was in the process of withdrawing from the phd program. when his mother was contacted this morning she did not seem surprised th

james holmes grew up in san diego in the upper middle class community of rancho penasquitos. he played junior varsity soccer and graduated from high school there and then from uc riverside with a degree in neuro science. >> he was in neuro science. he was at the top of the top. he really distinguished himself from an academic point of vaw graduating with highest honors. >> it was a different james holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop the last few months asking about tips about firing a gun. >> i immediately recognized him when i saw his picture. my first words out of my mouth is oh my god he looks familiar. >> i can't understand what turns a young man in this case from being a good student and growing up in a good neighborhood, and then going off to school and what happened? i don't know. >> when he couldn't find a job after graduating from uc riverside, his mother encouraged him to pursue a graduate degree at the university of colorado, but he was in the process of withdrawing from the phd program. when his mother was contacted this morning she did not seem surpri

this is a suburb of san diego called rancho penasquitos.e moved here because the schools were so good. his mother remains inside the house. his father earlier today taken off by escort by san diego police escort on his way to colorado. and speaking with neighbors, including the next door neighbor, a gentleman named tom mai said james holmes, when he knew him, was a very normal kid with no rowdy friends. >> he's a very quiet guy. shy. nice guy, you know. no violence. i didn't hear any loud music from his family. yeah. so no loud friends. >> we spoke with another neighbor, a woman named julie adams whose son played on the same soccer team in high school with james holmes. here's what she had to say. >> the helicopters were circling the neighborhood. so i pulled out the annual and i showed it to him. and i just showed it to him real quickly and he headed off to work. that's when he came back to me and said, oh, my gosh, i played soccer to him. >> no one is speaking at this point. neighbors and friends have been coming and going throughout the

. >> reporter: while james holmes' mother remains secluded in the rancho penasquitos home after jameser left early for colorado, they ask for prayer through this. >> it's a very sad day. they're working with, communicating with authorities, and really, that's all i can say. >> reporter: while police say holmes had purchased the weapons he allegedly used in his killing spree in colorado, the 24-year-old had apparently shown an interest in weaponry while visiting san diego over the past year. >> i and a couple of the employees recognized him immediately. >> reporter: david casper owns hillcrest palm brokers and remembered the shy holmes coming in on more than one occasion to check out the store's firearms, though he never purchased one there. one employee even remembers him as polite. >> it's not every day that you find out a multiple mass murderer has been in your business, and to find out that he used firearms in the commission of his crime and that he had been in here looking at firearms is kind of a little bit unsettling. >> bomb and chemical experts are at holmes' booby-trapped apa

this is a suburb of san diego called ranchos penasquitos.e're learning from neighbors here. we spoke with a neighbor who said in his words james holmes was a very normal kid and had no rowdy friends. >> very handsome guy. >> clean cut? >> yeah. clean cut. quiet. reliable. help family out. study hard. >> reporter: we also spoke with another neighbor who lives very nearby. a woman by the name of julie adams. she showed us high school yearbook photos that had the suspect, james holmes, and her son on the same junior varsity soccer team. she said that her son did not know the suspect very well. said that really what he could remember that he was very quiet young man at that time. now, we do understand that the suspect's mother, arlene, is still inside the home. the father was seen earlier today leaving the building with a police escort. friends and neighbors have been coming by all day long. one woman recently brought a bunch of food into the house. no one willing to comment on what's going on inside. of course there have been several members of