law enforcement response forced him back into the theater. at which time he shot himself. for more on the investigation, i want to bring in cnn contributor and scientist lawrence kobilinsky. welcome. pleasure. this is a strange case. not that any shootings like this make sense but he chooses a comedy to go to. right? stands up 20 minutes in. opens fire on the people directly in front of him. fires off 13 rounds. and then you know all chaos breaks out. he tries to blend in with the crowd. he gets outside. spots police. turns around. goes back in. shoots himself. there s nothing funny about this and obviously i don t think he ever intended to shoot himself. i think he intended to commit this crime and escape in his vehicle. he had changed his plates so he wanted to evade detection. he was going to go back to his hotel room. get his disguise.