but he was a different jim holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop where the owner said he caughtips 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 all of a sudden yesterday night around midnight this morning, music starts up out of nowhere. that was od. mo one throws parties in that apartment. >> then holmes apparently attempted to make himself in the joker character of the batman series. according to a briefing given to the new york city police commissioner raymond kelly. >> he had his hair painted red. he said he was the joker. >> he's a guy that has so left reality that he now is in this make-believe world that he's part of the batman world. and that he's going to go in

. >> 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 that something terrible had happened. she told abc news "you've got the right person. i've got to call police." today his father robert left the family home in san diego under police protection to fly to colorado. his family issued a statement tonight through a spokesperson saying "our hearts go out to all the victims and their families." >>> one of the people wont wounded at

. >> 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 that something terrible had happened. she told abc news "you've got the right person. i've got to call police." today his father robert left the family home in san diego under police protection to fly to colorado. his family issued a statement tonight through a spokesperson saying "our hearts go out to all the victims and their families." >>> one of the people wont wounded at

. >> it was a different james holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop the last few months asking 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 that something terrible had happened. she told abc news "you've got the right person. i've got to call police." today his father robert left the family home in san diego under police protection to fly to colorado. his family issued a statement tonight through a spokesperson saying "our hearts go out to all the victims and their families." >>> one of the people wont wounded at the th

but it was a different jim holmes who showed up at this san diego pawnshop asking for tips about firing a gun. >> i immediately recognized him when i saw his picture. i was -- my first words out of my mouth, oh my god, he looks very familiar. >> reporter: last night, at his apartment building heard loud music blaring around midnight from his room, with the recorded u sounds of gunshots. >> knowing i opened the door to his apartment, banging on that door, thank god that he wasn't there. >> and then holmes apparently attempted to make himself into the joker character of the bat machb series. according to a briefing given to the new york police commissioner. >> he had hid hair painted red. he said he was the joker. >> reporter: it was over the last few months that holmes, who was fphi beta kappa in college saw his dreams collapse as he with draw from a p.h.d program in neuro science at the university of colorado. >> these ents come out about someone thinks about and plans for these attacks. >> this is jimmy clean cut 5'1/1" he had been a member of the jr. varsity soccer team. >> he was jus

. >> it was a different james hol thams showed up at the san diego pawnshop asking for tips about firing a gun. >> i immediately recognized him. when i saw his picture. my first out of my mouth, he looks very familiar. >> i can't understand what turns a young man in this case from being a good student, growing up in a good neighborhood and then going off to school and what happens? i don't know. >> reporter: when he couldn't find a job aft graduating his mother encouraged him encouraged him to get a graduate degree but he was in the process of withdrawing from the ph.d. program. when the mother was contacted, she told abc news, you've got the right person. i've got to call police. his father left the home under police protection to fly to colorado. >> terry: holmes' family issued a statement through a spokesperson, saying, quote, our hearts go out to all the victims and families. one of the people that was wounded was stopping by on the area bay area to the bay area riding hissing bicycle. he was hit in the neck, arms and chest by shrapnel. >> it felt very surreal. even the news reports,

. >> the owner of the san diego pawnshop said he talked to holmes about guns and rifles several times. he recognized holmes as the suspect as he watched the coverage of the tragedy from a thousand miles away. >> that seemed very familiar to me. the look around the eye area. and his general features. also, they've been talking about he seemed intelligent and everything else. so just his general demeanor. >> the suspect's uncle lives in carmel. off camera he described his nephew as unassuming and reports of holmes' own mother says you have the right person indicates she may have seen some red flags. >> a mom's intuition, something he had said. some long-term behavior on his part in terms of showing some very twisted thinking. the psychologist believes he was a loan wolf, perhaps trying to mirror images from the batman series. a villain sprayed bullets into the crowd at a very public place. >> it has people totally and completely unaware. >> everybody was happy and delighted to be there. they were going to have fun, they were going to be excited. and they were going to die, in his mind.

. >> he remembered, david casper owns a san diego pawnshop and recalls looking at some guns a few months out that he had used firearms and he had bn in here using firearms is a little bit unsettling. >> a few miles away, a portrait is e merjing. >> obviously rksz he had the intellectual capacity to be successful in anything he wanted to do. >> out of the 21,000 students, holmes was among the very brightest. according to the school's chancellor. he admitted he graduated in 2010 with a degree in neuroscience. >> it is one of our most rigorous majors. a whole host of allied health air yas. >> holmes appear today come from a stable area. his father, seen here, understandably stressed, is employed at a software company. >> they are working with, communicating with authorities and that's really all we can say. >> it's a quiet neighborhood. it's a neighborhood that people moved to because the school district is one of the top school districts in the that nation. >> at this point, we haven't discovered anything that points to a troubled individual. he was responsible for the care and guidance of

. >> he remembered, david casper owns a san diego pawnshop and recalls looking at some guns a few months out that he had used firearms and he had been in here using firearms is a little bit unsettling. >> a few miles away, a portrait is e merjing. >> obviously rksz he had the intellectual capacity to be successful in anything he wanted to do. >> out of the 21,000 students, holmes was among the very brightest. according to the school's chancellor. he admitted he graduated in 2010 with a degree in neuroscience. >> it is one of our most rigorous majors. a whole host of allied health air yas. >> holmes appear today come from a stable area. his father, seen here, understandably stressed, is employed at a software company. >> they are working with, communicating with authorities and that's really all we can say. >> it's a quiet neighborhood. it's a neighborhood that people moved to because the school district is one of the top school districts in the that nation. >> at this point, we haven't discovered anything that points to a troubled individual. he was responsible for the care and guidance

. >> reporter: the face seemed familiar and then he remembered, dave casper owns a san diego pawnshopecalls holmes looking at guns a few months ago. >> 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. >> reporter: a few miles away in the middle-class neighborhood where holmes grew up, a portrait is emerging. not of someone who was violent or had an intense interest in w weapons, but a quiet, intellectually astute young man. >> obviously, the intellectual capacity to do whatever he wanted to do. >> out of the 20,000 students at the university of california riverside, holmes was among the very brightest according to the school's chancellor. ed a mitted on a academic scholarship, he graduated in 2010 with a degree in neuroscience and considered one of the most challenging scientific curricula. >> it is one of the most rigorous majors and it leads to careers in medicine and science and research and in a whole host of allied health areas. >> reporter: holmes appeared to come from a stabl

david casper owns a san diego pawnshop and recalls holmes looking at some guns a few months ago. >> to 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. >> a few miles away in the middle class neighborhood where holmes grew up, a portrait se merging. not of someone who was violent or had an intense interest in weapons, but a quiet, intelle intellectually astute young man. >> obviously, he had the intellectual capacity to be successful at anything he wanted to do. >> reporter: out of the 21,000 students at the university of california riverside, holmes was among the very brightest, according to the school's chancellor. admitted on an academic scholarship, he graduated in 2010, with a degree in neuroscience, considered one of the most challenging scientific curricula. >> it's one of our most rigorous majors and it leads to careers in medicine, in science, in research, in a whole host of allied health areas. >> reporter: holmes appeared to come from a stable family. his father, seen here, understandably dis

david castro owns a san diego pawnshop and her calls him looking at some guns a few months ago kif >>hat the use of firearms during his crime and that he had been in here looking at firearms is a little bit unsettling. >> a few miles away in the middle class neighborhood where he grew up, a portrait is emerging. not of someone who was a pilot or had an intense interest in weapons but a quiet, intellectually as too young man. some >> he had the intellectual capacity to be successful in anything he wanted to do. >> he was among the brightest students at his school. he was admitted on an academic scholarship and graduated in 2010 with a degree is neuroscience. he was in one of the most scientifically challenging curriculums. >> it would lead to careers in medicine, science, research and a host of allied health areas. >> he appeared to come from a stable family. if his father is seen here, understandably distressed. he is a manager at a software company and his mother a nurse. >> it is a very sad day. there are working with a communicating with authorities. >> her son played on the same h

been planning the attack on the century 16 aurora theatre for months, according to police, san diego pawnshops seeing holmes in his store pass nateed with weapons. >> to my recollection he did not buy anything, but i and my business part her both recognized him as somebody who had been in here. >> in 2011, he was accepted to a ph.d. program in neuroscience at the university of colorado. but he reportedly started to stumble academically. >> last month he dropped out. he staked out his target, according to aurora, colorado police chief dan oates. >> what we are seeing here is evidence of, i think, some calculation and deliberation. >> holmes is being held in arapaho detention center, where just released inmates told reporters he is uncooperative and obstructive. holmes is scheduled to be arraigned in a denver court monday. >> someone stole dozens of american flags. >> then the strange case of the missing american flags. >> but first. >> how do you feel about that? >> it feels good. frampton is back and so is his guitar. you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to c

one interesting note, a pawnshop in san diego, the last few months, pawn broker, said they had a conversation. holmes and he was asking about guns. he was asking about guns he might use to protect him in his home. they recommended several of the guns he used that night. he did not purchase them there, they said. it would be illegal to purchase guns in california if you're a colorado resident. it's not clear when exactly he went to california. it sounds like it was fairly recently that he did go. they recommended both the glock and the shotgun to him. both weapons that were on him in that theater. so it is clear this guy was thinking about this for quite some time. one other interesting note is that when his mother was woken up this morning by another news agency and asked about him, whether or not he was her son, he responded, yes, you have the right person, you have the right guy. it's clear this family probably knew something was amiss with james holmes. don. >> miguel, one quick question, what is the significance of this, because police earlier said they don't believe there was any other a

san diego. >> me and the of employes have recognized them and immediately. >> hillcrest owns this pon-- paw shawn and even from members him as polite. >> this--pawnshop. >> andmass murder has been in your business. and to find out that he used firearms for his crimes and he was in here looking at firearms is kind of a little bit unsettling. >> stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of the movie massacre. www.kron4.com share your thoughts on facebook and twitter with us. >> lots of hot temperatures. it is going to be cooler for tomorrow. with fog pressing in and bringing down temperatures for sunday. still, i wanted to just not as warm. the futurecast at 6:00 a.m. with 50's & 60's. some patchy fog into the bay as we get into the elite morning. that-to-late morning with temperatures will be in the upper 70's/low 80s on the bayside. 90's to the east bay with no triple digits on the map for tomorrow. this live look outside. notice, clear skies on a san francisco but if you look way into the horizon, the twin peaks you can see the fog developing. it is going to make its way into the bay tonight and the north bay but it will not last that long. it should be clea