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'Creepy' red flags followed massacre suspect
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Private gun range owner recalls James Holmes application and eerie voicemail message
- Duration 4:05
- Date Jul 23, 2012
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Private gun range owner recalls James Holmes application and eerie voicemail message
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The movie theater master shocking the entire nation so with -- red flags about the suspect.
Weeks before the mass shooting James home applied for membership at a private gun range the range owner says he had questions about homes why.
He says he saw several signs of homes as creepy and strange range owner Glen.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- OK so.
25 -- did he show up for doing not lineup and.
Patient though he did an online application.
We review application look at it it didn't make a phone call back to the person that you think you come orientation.
That's what we get to meet and see who they episodes.
It should you do that you make a phone calls herself just aren't easy yes so you have a so when did you call him after June 25 next day.
And Ali ended up with was his voice -- was -- service we'll call it and it was a very bizarre.
Guttural.
Rambling on distinguishable.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Did you think -- the right number.
I've -- had doubts but didn't one of the words it was distinguish where -- was James.
And message so okay must be right so maybe Joseph maybe someone who's doing some -- I left my message and waited to the next day -- called back the next thing you know I -- again the next day.
And the third day which is another besides a bizarre because of his message the other key is is that here in Denver -- -- shortage of shooting ranges.
So when I call somebody and say -- -- -- message I'm calling you about the application.
They usually call me back about two hours.
Warning -- -- do do do that or I get 90% of all calls in the first day back what -- -- message and changed and for the sale and their day no more than any other words you can make got a message.
-- some that I mean it was a real it was a real bizarre message tonight and try real hard to understand and it was just enough to say.
Don't know what's going on this is kind of -- to sleep.
Send me and sent me an email that you wanna join -- call.
And have some like this on your phone.
So what did you saving anybody until we're live like this -- of this of this as a weirdo or anything well the day of orientation I told all my staff that give.
This -- not scheduled to be here we have heard from him if he shows up sitting down get me I wanna -- to -- Don't processing don't do anything until I see you talk to find out what's going on.
Why did you might give it to see people personally that it was -- it just it was well -- -- the puck the most of the people but no I don't flag them that way on a regular basis because there's no reason to.
I've talked him on the phone.
-- I've met him personally curriculum with the range and they know who they are.
But this when I never did you know we listen to that colleague it was an -- -- -- that actually probably eleven or was it just like one of the music he just was just so obviously weird.
Yeah it was a very legacy deep guttural.
-- are out I'm kind of just rolling and somebody deliberately trying to do something but I had no clue what was.
Not so long message that was longer than them than the average -- I would say someplace between.
Three quarters -- a minute.
What do what do you think when -- when he had got arrested machine behind us this weekend.
Well.
I I saw what was going on I had a staff member call me and say hey remember that.
James the James -- usage of flag that said -- -- -- she said well.
They just said that's name of the shooter.
And it was like really struggled the form of data based on words from -- reporters were of the address everything appearances and Eagles and get this film.
And at that point in time my thought was secular.
For not get this in the middle of this and again.
Haven't seen this picture I mean -- Soledad and delta like other fictional man thought -- the picture that the first -- so it was a picture they had of administration will.
Your book which was the first picture -- And any never come back though he never go back we never thought we were anything other than that.
-- my mind.
-- question at this point about it -- -- real -- -- Where did he -- what he's doing with the money to buy what you buy the equipment to be brought into -- went -- and 60000 dollars of stuff not stuff.