moment in all of this. from kusa on the scene all day. thank you so much for taking the time. when we come back we re going to talk to former fbi p profilers and what he can tell us about why this might have happened. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep.
suspect is, but neighbors don t have much of a vibe or read on this guy, correct? no, no. right around the time i got here, soon after this place was evacuated, i caugtalked to at l 10 to 15 people. i mentioned the name james holmes to them. i asked, did you know this guy? did you hear about this guy involved in this incident? they didn t know who he was. there was speculation it was some weird, creepy guy they saw hanging around the apartment, but that was just their speculation. as far as this guy being well known in this neighborhood? you know, there is lots of apartments here. i mean, who knows what kind of interactions he had here with folks. but as far as the people i ve been talking to, there s more people showing up, it appears, as the day goes on. as far as the people i ve been talking to, nobody knows this guy here, at least, not yet. jeremy jolola with kusa. we re going to ask you to stand by. tanner kuhn was a witness inside
up with us. the brand new movie was the dark knight rises. the new episode in the batman sag a. so many people there in aurora, colorado wanted to see the movie and shortly after the sneak repreviews, according to kusa, one of the affiliates in denver, someone kicked down the emergency door and threw in a smoke bomb or tear gas and when people started running, he started shooting. peter: it was an exciting movie . free concessions and a lot of promotions. in the past there have been police officers stationed in the movie theater to provide safety in the aurora town center . we don t know the identity of
for the medical center of aurora who was fielding patients around 1:00 a.m. who were brought in by ambulance, some by police cruiser. we didn t get medical conditions of patients. we heard around 9:30 this morning that they did have an update of 15 patients that were taken to south medical center. they were treating 12 different gunshot patients there and three different smoke injuries from the gas canister that was released by the shooting suspect, 24-year-old james holmes. we want to go back to kusa investigative reporter jeremy jololla who was on the scene there outside james holmes apartment. jeremy, forgive me for jumping in there. i just wanted to see if they were going to give us any patient information. as we were talking about the evacuation that was taking place outside the apartment building there and how confident police feel they ve gotten everyone safely out. yeah, they have the neighborhood pretty much
type of sophisticated booby trap. our reporters working at kusa, our affiliate there in denver, colorado, have confirmed that those living in and around that apartment complex have been ushered away for their own safety as they come up with a plan to try to deactivate whatever type of traveling with the president. he s in ft. myers, florida, today where he was to hold a rally. in light of this, only came out briefly to speak to the crowd there and as i understand it, he s already on his way back to washington. reporter: that s right. he is heading back to the white house as we speak, thomas. both president obama and presidential candidate mitt romney are putting politics on the back burner today to address the tragic events that have unfolded in aurora, colorado. both campaigns, in fact, have pulled their tv ads from colorado, certainly a moment of national mourning. president obama addressed what happened here in ft. myers, florida. this was supposed to be a campaign event, thomas,