bullet resistant. he was wearing bulisting legging in case he took a round in the legs. he was wearing throat protection and groin protection and wearing black tactical gloves. that s what he looked like in the theater. can you tell us if the devices he possessed outside of the guns, how many? i don t know enough about those of you who were here this morning, i reported he released it appears two devices that set off some sort of smoke or chemicalireitant. i don t know enough about them to answer any questions. yes. how this has affected the community on a personal level our cops went through a lot. as i told you this morning, they rushed people out of that theater into police cars. i have heard some compelling
you know? now, my understanding is that aurora is generally a pretty peaceful, pretty calm and safe place. are you surprised or shocked that this happened there in aurora, colorado? i am. in the two years i lived out in colorado, i haven t heard anything like this. like people keep telling me about columbine, columbine, columbine, but that was what, 13 years ago? then, i go to the movies to see batman and then this random guy comes shooting the place, the next theater over from me. but yeah, it s usually just peaceful. you can walk down the block any time of night and not be worried. selena jordan, you were in the theater in aurora, colorado, where 12 people were killed earlier this morning. i greatly appreciate you taking the tyime to talk to us. i hope aurora goes back to feeling like a calm and safe place for you. thank you. in his remarks about the
the front of the auditorium not long into the showing of the new batman movie the dark knight rises. he was dressed entirely in black and wearing a gas mask. at first, the moviegoers, some in costume, thought the man was just part of the show. then the intruder threw a small canister into the crowd and it made a hissing sound and the smoke started filling the theater, packed with some 200 people. then the sound of gunshots as the man started firing indiscriminately into the crowd. everybody knew it was real at that point. it was straight chaos. you know, everybody was starting to scream and run, at that point, he want from here to here with a gun in my face at that point. the rifle was in my face. i didn t know what to think. i instinctively jumped forward and ducked inside the middle of the aisle and just tucked in a corner. after that, he was shooting people behind me. i had gun shells, you know, falling on my head, burning my forehead. all i smelled was powder.
wet inglewood shooting. now, i know their story because i happen to have a family connection to the school where one of them is an honor student. otherwise, i might never have heard about these two kids, two more people gunned down in america last night. as they responded to the horrific shootings in presiden and governor mitt romney reflected on themselves as fathers. i m sure that many of you who are parents here had the same reaction that i did when i heard this news. my daughters go to the movies. what if malia and sasha had been at the theater as so many of our kids do every day? i stand before you today, not as a man running for office but as a father and grandfather, a husband, an american.
is real. let s go. we gotta go do something. selena, you were there with friends? i had one friend with me. have you talked to other people who were there also since you left out of the theater? i talked to them on facebook. but, like, i haven t been able to get in contact on the phone with any of them. but like a lot is happening on social media, facebook, twitter, instagram, even. like every social media network. tell me some of what is happening there? are you having an opportunity to share your experiences? are you trying to piece together what happened in all of the chaos? i m sharing my experiences, but like, when i get a break from doing the interviews, it s like, so this really happened. this happened, this happened, but why? i keep asking myself why did he do it? what is his motive?