police are saying that 29-year-old vicente montano appears to have been homeless. he also had an arrest record dating back about 11 years. they say they re still trying to determine the motive why. why did he come here to this theater, buy a ticket and go in to start assaulting people? they do say he had a documented history of mental problems. shots being fired right now. this morning, police say this man, 29-year-old vicente montano bought a tickle to the movie mad max entered the hickory hollow theater, and carrying an ax, pepper spray, and an air soft pistol started terrorizing the people inside. shady looking guy stood up looked like two bags. walked towards the back of the theater and pulled out a hatchet and started attacking this family and then he pulled out a gun and we ran out. alex was in the next theater. we took cover in our seats, tried to stay as quiet as possible.
shots being fired right now reporter: this morning, police say this man, 29-year-old vincente montano, bought a ticket to mad max, entered the hickory hollow theater and carrying an ax, pepper spray and an air soft pistol started terrorizing the people inside. this shady looking guy stood up and pulled out like a hatchet and started attacking this family. then he pulled out a gun and we all ran out of the theater. reporter: alex roby was in the next theater. we took cover in our seats, tried to stay as quiet as possible. we could hear screams, yelling and gunshots coming from the theater. be advised, we have shots fired, officer involved 901 bell road. reporter: just down the street, two officers were alerted to the danger by citizens and ran to the theater. montano had already grazed one man with his ax and released pepper spray with red dye hitting a woman and a teenage girl.