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Movie massacre rocks Colorado community, nation

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    Gunman in military-style gear opens fire on jam-packed audience

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Good evening I'm Bret -- what was supposed to be an evening of comic book fantasy.

Disintegrated.

Into one of the deadliest realities last night in suburban Denver.

At least twelve people were brutally killed and 59 more hurt.

When a black clad gunmen opened fire on the crowd during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie.

Officials do not believe this was terrorist.

A 24 year old suspect was arrested outside the theater.

Correspondent Adam Housley out Adam Housley is also outside century sixteen Cineplex in Aurora Colorado tonight.

Good evening -- -- -- Brett investigators here believe the suspect James Holmes acted alone that he was -- he was calculated as you walk through that the -- fired off.

So many shots they may not know for days how many he actually fired inside that theater.

We are not looking for any other suspects we are constituted.

Said he acted alone 24 year old James deacon Holmes allegedly opened fire at a crowded Colorado theater shooting 71 people killing twelve.

At the premiere of the -- -- movie the Dark Knight rises 911 tapes captured the chaos.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Hundreds of people to fly him around it that -- You can't -- get an -- night and heard them play.

-- his hair dyed red the former medical student was armed with a shotgun assault rifle and at least two handguns.

Covered in full body armor and wearing gas mask he threw smoke canisters into the crowd before opening fire.

It's.

Yeah grab.

We can't get it.

At first people in the -- thought it was part of the movie experience.

There were explosions behind -- and there is just I thought religious -- and who's just a normal tackle perform -- But witnesses say homes began firing probably stopping to reload.

Shot from the ceiling and then everybody knew Israel wasn't a joke.

The little bit after we set -- to the lobby -- like a loud explosion like.

And then shortly after that that's when we heard gunshots open have been almost sounded to me like a fully automatic live in something like that.

He pointed at my face.

Without -- he was probably three feet away from me.

Ultimately -- and I -- it can't get nothing -- little door there.

With the -- cops.

On his chance and that's and I knew something was going to.

They were completely people -- -- people still Lockheed awkwardly written on the dare it be round leader we locked down at all girls you can't have.

-- -- -- -- -- The chaos and -- minutes after it started within roughly one minute to a minute and a half police officers were on scene.

And apprehended mr.

Holmes in the back of the theater.

But across town at least one more threat.

The shooter department booby traps -- -- trip wires and bottles of an unknown substance.

He could be here for hours -- could be here for days.

Try to figure -- -- get get in there obviously very concerned about getting in there and getting whatever evidence there is the pictures are pretty disturbing it was pretty sophisticated encryption that's the contract.

In Southern California the shooters family offered their remorse.

There hearts go out to his friends and family and those that were involved.

And they are cooperating with law enforcement and they just pack your patience intelligent -- -- -- this time.

Read -- the suspects apartment just three miles of here right now we're told that authorities may go in in less than two hours of with the remote device in there.

And set off.

Whatever reason side once again they have a number of bottles inside deal -- flickered liquid all intertwined with wire what appears to be booby traps it looked through windows they have robots there as well that bomb sniffing dogs.

Do the best they can't with a situation what they want to try and start to finish that situation.

And that may mean putting their own little incendiary device in there.

And start the setting off what is inside and -- they don't know they're going to be bombs but he sure as heck look like him right now at this hour Brad.

And Adam there were reports early on that this suspect James -- homes.

Was cooperating with officials.

Is that changing what he tells about that.

Yeah it is changing he was talking to them they won't tell us how open he was we do know that when they.

Different of course outside the back at -- -- he there was no confrontation whatsoever.

And he did tell them about his apartment what was inside.

Bombs so we know that he spoke to them and he says some other things -- they would not share with us.

But now he has a lawyer and they told told us at least he's not speaking at all.

And we do know also -- this late hour they are looking at two different buildings.

At the medical center of the Colorado medical city University of Colorado medical sooner -- and -- a -- -- far away also.

Those two buildings had been evacuated as well as a precaution they have bomb sniffing dogs there to ensure where he worked he didn't leave anything.

-- rousing live outside the theater in Iraq Adam thank you they.

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