two gunmen stood up inside the movie theater setting off a gas cannister of some sort. tear gas. and one long weapon was spotted and described by witnesses at the scene the we know that 10 to 12 people are dead. including children. possibly one infant who was shot reportedly by a witness at point blank range. 20 to 30 others have been injured and are being treated at a unit set up at the scene at the mall theater and others have been taken to nearby hospitals. justin joseph has been bringing us up to speed. he is with the local fox affiliate. what do we hear from the hospitals at this hour? i understand swedish medical center, a significant-sized hospital there has said some of the injured arrived. some are in critical condition. but they expect more. it sounds like, perhaps, not all those injured have been brought to hospitals yet. guest: that is what we hear.
and throw the gas cannister. shoot the ceiling then point the gun at me and, you know, just massacring people left and right. how long do you think it was before the people generally in the theater understood this isn t some sort of publicity stunt for a movie, this is the real thing? i think it was probably, you know i mean, people started noticing about a minute or two into it after with the tear gas people were still thinking that it was, you know, a prank or whatever. but the second he lifted up the gun and shot it and people knew the sound of a real gun and saw the real bullets, that was there. that only took two minutes to realize. it went from calm and collective to entertaining to massive amounts of people being shot. it was just too short of a time frame to be able to adjust. that was jennifer seeger, eyewitness to the movie theater shooting in aurora, colorado. let s check back in with msnbc s