we got on the ground. after i dialed 911 and set the phone down we saw everybody on that side just ran out. they didn t get on the round. we crawled to the left and then just slightly. weren t sure whether to run for hallway. and then, so we just looked like should we go? it s like is this the right thing to do? you never know what is the right decision. so then we just decided to get out of there. he s just shooting too much. you didn t want to talk. nothing but bad intentions so we just got out of there. and coming up what s happening now? at this moment? what is the suspect say something next. i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around then saw plumes of smoke.
colorado, this morning after a mass shooting at a batman movie premiere. so far, 12 dead. and 38 injured. as a community searching for answers. a special edition of cnn newsroom starts right now. hello, everyone. i m in for carol costello. we welcome viewers from around the world watching on cnn international. a night at the movies turned into a night of terror for moviegoers in colorado after a gunman opens up a rampage. and here is the latest of what we know. gunshots erupted just outside of denver in an aurora, colorado, theater during an early morning screening of the dark knight rises. that is the new batman movie. 12 people are dead, 28 more wounded. a 3-month-old baby is among the wounded. police have a suspect in custody, a young man. a witness saw that man burst into the theater. somebody kicked in the emergency exit and started throwing gas grenade sais and started shooting people at random. was it movie theater number nine? number nine, which is the one
nine, at this movie theater, movie center. and then they had absolute chaos as some of the people realized they were being choked by the gas and he started opening fire. according to witnesses, very calmly walked up the stairs and just seemed to randomly be picking people out of the audience and shooting at them. we have quentin caldwell, a witness joining us by phone. thanks for talking to me. tell me where you were in the movie theater complex, 16 screens. we were in theater eight, ajas ent to where the incident happened. me and my wife go to the super hero premieres and decided to go this one night. there were many theaters in which the movie was being shown. gentlemyes, there are 16 then this one. you re watching the movie, how many minutes were you in before you noticed something wrong? we were 15 minutes in and there was a chase fire where there was gunfire on screen. right then out of nowhere on the right side we hear a very distinct pop pop pop pop. and my w