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get us some gas masks for theatre nine, we can't get into it. We need officers on the east side. We need at least 3 or 4 ambulances in here. I need a marked car behind the theatre, I have a suspect in a gas mask.

THAT IS THE CHAOS *MOMENTS* AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE *INSIDE* A COLORADO THEATRE.

HE KILLED 12-PEOPLE.

NERALY 60 PEOPLE ARE INJURED.

SUSPECT PIC-SS TOPS

THIS IS THE SUSPECT--

24-YEAR OLD JAMES HOLMES.

HE WAS STUDYING MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO--

BUT DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL LAST MONTH.

SUSPECTS APARTMENT-VO TOPS

POLICE SAY HOLMES "BOOBY TRAPPED" HIS APARTMENT IN AURORA -- JUST A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE THEATRE -- BEFORE HE RANDOMLY STARTED SHOOTING.

THE POLICE CHIEF CALLED THE PICTURE INSIDE THE APARTMENT "DISTURBING AND SOPHISTICATED".

TOSS TO HEATHER-2SHOT, SOT, TRX

NEARLY 18-HOURS SINCE THE ATTACK--

AND POLICE STILL WORKING TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE IN-DEPTH COVERAGE AT 5:30

IN A MOMENT WE'LL GO TO HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER -- WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ADDRESSED THE NATION TODAY -- HERE'S A BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

:22:04:04

"We woke up to news of a tragedy. That reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one American family."

OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH NBC2's HEATHER TURCO--

SHE JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO--

COLORADO MOVIE SHOOTING-PLASMA MON

THIS MASSACRE IN COLORADO HAS RATTLED THE NATION'S NERVES.

TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL PIECING TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED--

COLORADO MOVIE SHOOTING-PKG

The screams and terror inside the midnight premiere of the latest Batman

film weren't a reaction to the action happening on screen, but from the hail

of bullets fired by a rampaging gunman.

NATS: YOU JUST KEPT HEARING. BANG. BANG. BANG

Eyewitnesses say the gunman first tossed what appeared to be a smoke grenade

then started firing at the crowd.

SOT/ Patricia Legarreta EYEWITNESS: all I could think if I stand up he is

going to shoot because that's what he was doing trying to think how I was

going to get my kids out of there

Some moviegoers were confused and thought that the gunfire was coming from

the action-packed movie

SOT/CHRIS ROMOS: I see a guy next to me shotI realized this is not part of

the movie. there is a gunman and he is shooting everyone.

Eyewitness Jennifer Seeger said the gunman was dressed like a SWAT team

member: wearing a gas mask and a protective bullet proof vest

SOT/SEEGER:

The suspect, 24 year old James Holmes, was arrested as he left the theater.

SOT/Chief Dan Oats1:30 POLICE NEWSER ON WHAT GUNS THEY FOUND 135629

He was apprehended near his car had 3 guns

According to one police official, Holmes told investigators he was the "

Joker" - a supervillain character in the Batman movies.

SOT/KELLY: "clearly looks like deranged individual he had his hair painted

COLORADO MOVIE SHOOTING-PLASMA MON

INVESTIGATORS SAY HOLMES HAS SUDDENLY DECIDED TO *STOP* TALKING.

POLICE SAY HE'S ASKED FOR A LAWYER.

HE'S SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY MORNNG.

TOSS TO JOE-SOTVO

THE COLORADO MASSACRE STOPPED *BOTH* PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.

MITT ROMNEY WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THE PRESIDENT WAS IN FORT MYERS--

WHERE TODAY'S POLITICAL *RALLY* TURNED INTO A PRESIDENT COMFORTING THE NATION.

My daughters go to the movies. What if Malia and Sasha had been in the theater, as so many of our kids do every day? Michelle and I will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight, and I'm sure you will do the same with your children

THE PRESIDENT CUT HIS VISIT HERE SHORT--

CANCELLED THE REST OF HIS FLORIDA SWING--

AND FLEW BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

NBC2's JOE ROETZ CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE--

HE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER--

OBAMA IN FM ON SHOOTING-LIVE

- Many waited out here for hours - didn't even know what happened in Colorado.

OBAMA IN FM ON SHOOTING-PKG

NATS - When I say O-you say Bama!

They arrived early, and in large numbers.

7 seconds

Eddie Hardin

We were expecting to hear grassroot policies and things he's got going on for the upcoming election.

Hundreds poured onto the streets for a rally on the left.

NATS - Four more years

Some came for a fight from the right.

NATS - Four more months.

But the bickering that embroiled both sides.

Take Nats - We need people with responsibility.

Came to a screeching halt when the President took center stage - to talk about tragedy in Colorado.

Obama

:22:08:20

"i'm so moved by your support. But there are going to be more

days for politics." 26 this is a day for prayer and reflection." 31

2 seconds

I feel so bad for those people.

The line out of Harborside -

more solemn after a call for nationwide unity.

7 seconds

Go home and hug your family - be grateful for what you have today.

Because by the end of the day -

that sentiment alone is what put politics aside -- as Fort Myers became a nationwide podium to prove one thing matters.

Nats -

OBAMA IN FM ON SHOOTING-LIVE

- Obama canceled events, so did Romney

ROMNEY STATEMENT-SSTOP

REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT.

HE SAID "ANN AND I ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF 12 PEOPLE IN COLORADO.

WE ARE PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF THE VICTIMS--

DARK KNIGHT PREMIER-OC-VOWIPE

THE COLORADO SHOOTING HAS SO UPSET THE MOVIE INDUSTRY--

WARNER BROTHERS -- WHICH PRODUCED THE DARK KNIGHT -- IS CANCELING THE MOVIE'S PARIS PREMIERE.

COLORADO TICKET STUB-VO TOPS

THIS IS PRETTY EERIE.

THAT'S A TICKET STUB TO LAST NIGHT'S "DARK KNIGHT" MOVIE.

IT WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE COLORADO THEATRE.

SOME PEOPLE WHO WENT--

SHOOTING RECAP-VIDBOX TOPS

RECAPPING TODAY'S MOVIE THEATRE MASSACRE--

12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD--

ANOTHER 50 WERE INJURED--

AFTER A GUNMAN WALKED INTO A COLORADO MOVIE THEATRE AND OPENED FIRE.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT--

24-YEAR OLD JAMES HOLMES--

USED A VARIETY OF WEAPONS--

INCLUCING A *GLOCK* HANDGUN--

MACHINE GUN AND *TWO* HANDGUNS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HOLMES "BOOBY TRAPPED" HIS APARTMENT BEFORE HE CARRIED OUT HIS CARNAGE.

THE POLICE CHIEF CALLED THE PICTURE INSIDE "DISTURBING AND SOPHISTICATED".

POLICE EVACUATED NEAR-BY BUILDINGS.

BOTH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY *SUSPENDED* THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS TODAY.

NIGHTLY PROMO-SS TOPS

BRIAN WILLIAMS WILL ANCHOR TONIGHT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FROM AURORA, COLORADO.

THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS TONIGHT AT 6:30--

TOSS TO BREAK-2SHOT, VO OR RTR2 (SAT21)

THERE IS OTHER NEWS OF THE DAY--

WE'LL BRING YOU THAT IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES.

AS WE GO TO A QUICK COMMERCIAL.WE LEAVE YOU WITH A *LIVE* SHOT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FLAG AT HALF STAFF.

NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT-CG

IF NOT FOR THE SHOOTING IN COLORADO.THIS MIGHT BE THE BIG NATIONAL NEWS OF THE DAY.

THE U-S LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASED MORE DISAPPOINTING JOBS NUMBERS.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ROSE IN 27 STATES LAST MONTH.

THAT'S THE MOST IN ALMOST A YEAR.

NEVADA RECORDED THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE--

AT 11-POINT-6 PERCENT.

NATIONWIDE--

EMPLOYERS ADDED ONLY 80-THOUSAND JOBS LAST MONTH.

THE THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH OF WEAK JOB GROWTH.

THAT MEANS THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED AT 8-POINT-2 PERCENT.

GAS PRICES UP-VO

FUELING UP FOR THAT ROAD TRIP IS GETTING LESS BEARABLE AS THE SUMMER WEARS ON.

GASOLINE PRICES ARE UP 11-CENTS A GALLON FROM THE START OF JULY.

AND IT COULD GET WORSE.

GASOLINE FUTURES PRICES ARE UP 40-CENTS-A-GALLON SINCE LATE JUNE.

MEASURING A CHAMPION-ON CAM

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT--

THE SUMMER OLYMPICS TAKE CENTER STAGE!

AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER IS OFTEN A HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND.

SO HOW IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT CALCULATED?

MEASURING A CHAMPION-PKG

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, timed events will be measured to one one-thousandth of a second - one millisecond - and that requires a high-tech timekeeping system built with cameras, lasers, computers and very accurate clocks.

SOT - LINDA MILOR

And the accuracy of today's timing circuitry is a thousandth of a second. So it's one hundred times more accurate than a stopwatch.

To make timekeeping more accurate and precise, engineers use technology to remove the possibility of error.

In track events, an electronic pistol starts the race.

NAT SOT: gunshot

Speakers behind the starting blocks allow each runner to hear the gun at the same time.

If a runner applies pressure in under 100 milliseconds, faster than any human can react, the system signals a 'false start' - and the race is stopped.

At the finish line runners interrupt a laser beam and their time is recorded - while a high-tech camera records more than 2,000 digital images per second.

SOT - LINDA MILOR

So these cameras allow us to get an image and show the result much more quickly than we used to in the past.

In swimming events -

NAT SOT

Take your mark.

- the start blocks also have speakers and measure reaction times.

NAT SOT

start sound, swimmers diving in

But at the finish, the athletes stop their own timer by touching pressure-sensitive pads that cover the end of each lane.

High definition video cameras above and below the water also record the finish -

NAT SOT

Here comes Lezak. Unbelievable at the end! He's done it!

- taking 100 pictures per second from different angles for judges to examine in a close contest.

MEASURING A CHAMPION-SSTOP

WE ARE JUST 7-DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON.

YOU CAN CATCH ALL THE ACTION--

INCLUDING THE OPENING CEREMONIES NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT--

TEASE TWO-ON CAM

THE SHOOTING THIS MORNING IN COLORADO AFFECTED A LOT OF PEOPLE--

THAT KIND OF EVENT PUTS A BIG STRAIN ON EMERGENCY SERVICES.

TONIGHT NBC2 INVESTIGATES WHETHER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS READY FOR A DISASTER LIKE THE ONE TODAY.

AND A COUPLE BUSTED ON BURGLARY CHARGES--

MAKES A MOCKERY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TZ2 A) COLORADO MASSACRE-VO WIPE

TZ2 B) COUPLE ESCAPES-VO TOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

RAIN RETURNING THIS WEEKEND

Moisture is beginning to entrench southwest Florida, and we'll notice it this weekend.

Partly sunny skies can be expected, but with an increase in moisture we will have a slight uptick in our rain prospects. They'll mainly be afternoon showers and storms. Sunday looks to be the wetter day as a tropical wave moves closer. This will give us a better coverage of showers and storms during the day.

Tonight, our skies will stay mostly clear with lows in the upper 70s.

Highs tomorrow will easily climb into the middle 90s with heat index values in the low 100s.

This will be a brief return to our typical rainy season pattern, before some drier and hotter weather returns by the middle of next week.

MASSACRE UPDATE-2SHOT,VIDBOX, PETER OC

NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE DEADLY MOVIE THEATRE SHOOTING THIS MORNING IN COLORADO.

POLICE SAY 71-PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE THE THEATRE--

12 OF THEM DIED.

SEVERAL REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE SUSPECT IS 24-YEAR OLD JAMES HOLMES.

HE HAS *NO* KNOWN TIES TO ANY TERRORIST GROUP.

ONE DETECTIVE SAYS HOLMES HAD MAKE-UP ON.

THAT RESEMBLED THE "JOKER".

THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE INSIDE A THEATRE SHOWING THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE *BATMAN* TRILOGY.

AND POLICE SAY HOLMES "BOOBY TRAPPED" HIS APARTMENT.PERHAPS HOPING TO TAKE OUT INVESTIGATORS WHO WOULD NATURALLY GO TO HIS APARTMENT TO GATHER MORE EVIDENCE.

COUPLE ESCAPES ON TAPE-ON CAM

AUTHORITIES IN UTAH RELEASE TWO VIDEOS--

SHOWING HOW TWO SUSPECTS CRIMINALS ESCAPED FROM POLICE CUSTODY.

COUPLE ESCAPES ON TAPE-PKG

"THIS WHOLE THING WAS A DYNAMIC SITUATION, THAT HAPPENED BANG, BANG, BANG…"

BOTH 23 YEAR-OLD SHAUNTAE LEAH STRATTON, AND 40 YEAR-OLD JOSEPH LEE CHATWIN WERE TAKEN TO THE FARMINGTON POLICE STATION IN SEPARATE CARS.

S/ Lt. Parish Snyder, Farmington Police Department

"The female suspect's still being combative, and fighting."

OFFICERS WRESTLE WITH A BELLIGERENT STRATTON, AS THEY SECURE HER IN A HOLDING CELL.AS THEY START TO LEAVE. SHE BOLTS

TOWARDS THE DOOR. AS ONE OFFICER IS DEALING WITH HER.

S/ Lt. Parish Snyder, Farmington Police Department

"That altercation with the female… allowed him the perfect opportunity."

CHATWIN WAS WORKING ON HIS ESCAPE.

S/ Mike Anderson, Reporting

"There's not a lot of room in the back of a police car, less than you see here. Still, police say chatwin was able to lay down, get his cuffs in front of him. And kick the door open."

"Kicks out the window… dives out the car."

SECONDS LATER, HE RUNS OFF.IT TAKES OFFICERS ABOUT A MINUTE TO REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENED. THEN. WHEN THEY'RE SCRAMBLING TO

SET UP A PERIMETER. STRATTON STARTS WORKING ON THE DOOR INSIDE. SHE CAN BE SEEN TAKING SOMETHING FROM INSIDE HER SHIRT.

S/ Lt. Parish Snyder, Farmington Police Department

"We don't know if she was pulling something out of there to help with the mechanism, but at some point… whatever she used, she was able to open that door."

AND BACK OUTSIDE. SHE CAN BE SEEN RUNNING OUT THE GARAGE. RIGHT PAST A POLICE OFFICER. SECONDS LATER. HE SEES HER.

S/ Lt. Parish Snyder, Farmington Police Department

"We're still trying to figure out how she defeated that holding cell. We're gonna talk to the manufacturer."

FARMINGTON LIEUTENANT PARISH SNYDER SAYS BOTH SUSPECTS WERE DETERMINED AND SKILLED. THESE ESCAPES WERE VERY UNUSUAL.STILL. IT'S SURE TO PROMPT SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND CORRECTIONS.

S/ Lt. Parish Snyder, Farmington Police Department

COUPLE ESCAPES ON TAPE-TAG

THAT WAS MIKE ANDERSON REPORTING.

BOTH WERE ORIGINALLY ARRESTED ON BURGLARY AND ROBBERY CHARGES.

BULLIED BUS MONITOR-VO

REMEMBER THAT NEW YORK SCHOOL BUS MONITOR WHO WAS HUMILIATED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO VIDEO TAPED THE WHOLE THING?

KAREN KLEIN CAN GO AHEAD AND RETIRE.

AN ON-LINE CAMPAIGN THAT WAS STARTED TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR HER TO TAKE A NICE VACATION--HAS NOW RAISED OVER 683-THOUSAND DOLLARS!

THE DONATIONS END THIS WEEKEND.

RISKS OF INACTIVITY-VO

SMOKING AND OBESITY ARE KNOWN RISK FACTORS FOR AN EARLY DEATH.

NOW EXPERTS SAY INACTIVITY IS JUST AS DEADLY.

NEARLY 5-MILLION PEOPLE DIED "PREMATURELY" LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE.

THAT'S ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN DEATHS AROUND THE WORLD!

THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T EXERCISE--

ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP CANCER--

INSULIN T SHIRT-VO WIPE

A YOUNG EVERETT GIRL IS FACED WITH A DEVASTATING MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS--

BUT HER MOM FOUND A SIMPLE WAY TO HELP HER DAUGHTER FEEL NORMAL--

AND STAY ACTIVE.

RYLEE STARK SUFFERS FROM TYPE ONE DIABETES--

AND CONSTANTLY NEEDS AN INSULIN PUMP ATTACHED TO HER STOMACH.

SO HER MOM CREATED A LINE OF T-SHIRTS WITH A POUCH--

INSULIN T SHIRT-SOTVO

"I wanted her to be able to play soccer, jump, hula hoop and ride a bike without worry about it falling out. because if it falls out it could pull that port out.

HER FAMILY IS NOW SELLING THE TANK TOPS AND RAISING MONEY--

TO SHARE RYLEE'S POCKET WITH OTHER DIABETICS.

THEY COST 20-DOLLARS--

MATING MANATEES-VO

A BUNCH OF MANATEES IN SHALLOW WATER CREATED QUITE A LOT OF BUZZ.

SO MUCH SO THAT CONCERNED BEACH GOERS FLOODED 9-1-1 WITH CALLS.

BUT WILDLIFE OFFICIERS SAY THERE WAS NO PROBME--

THE MANATEES WERE MATING!

THIRTEEN MALES WERE TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF JUST *ONE* FEMALE WHO WAS IN HEAT.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

WHEN WE COME BACK--

OUR TOP STORY OF THE DAY.

THE MOVIE THEATRE MASSACRE IN COLORADO SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE COUNTRY TODAY.

IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA *READY*-- IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOOK PLACE HERE?

NBC2 INVESTIGATES--

TZ3 A) COLORADO MASSACRE-VO

TOSS TO MEAGHAN-VO

IT'S HARD TO GRASP JUST HOW CHAOTIC IT WAS *DURING*--

AND THE MOMENTS AFTER A MASACRE LIKE THE ONE EARLY THIS MORNING IN COLORADO.

A GUNMAN WALKS INTO A MOVIE THEATRE--

THROWS GAS GRENADES--

AND STARTS SHOOTING.

THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING--

12 DEAD--

NEARLY 60 PEOPLE INJURED!

COULD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMERGENCY SERVICES HANDLE A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT.

NBC2'S MEAGHAN SMITH IS IN THE STUDIO WITH SOME ANSWERS.

CAN LEE HANDLE MASSACRE-PLASMA MON

CAN LEE HANDLE MASSACRE-PKG

THE IMAGES-

AND NOW THE SOUNDS-

we need rescue inside the auditorium. We've got 7 down in theatre 9- seven down.

WITH A DOZEN DEAD-

AND DOZENS OTHERS INJURED,

HELP CAME QUICKLY TO THE AURORA COLORADO SCENE.

i've got a child victim that I need rescued in the back of theatre 9 now.

WHILE AMBULANCES RUSHED VICTIMS TO THE HOSPITAL-

SOME HAD TO BE TAKEN IN COP CARS, BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH AMBULANCES.

LEAVING US TO ASK THE QUESTION-

WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED HERE?

4:34 "we're prepared each and everyday to handle a situation like that."

LEE COUNTY EMS TELLS US-

THEY HAVE 35 AMBULANCES ON DUTY AND READY TO GO.

IF A MAJOR DISASTER STRIKES AND THEY NEED MORE-

THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 12 IN A BACK UP FLEET.

5:36 "we can take those and put them on the road rather quickly utilizing supervisors, administrative staff and extra personnel on the trucks."

LIKE THE COLORADO MASSACRE-

THEY CAN FIT UP TO 3 PATIENTS PER AMBULANCE, DEPENDING ON THEIR INJURIES.

Nat sirens

CHARLOTTE COUNTY TELLS US, THEY'RE READY TOO-

WITH 11 AMBULANCES, AND FIRE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE SAME LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT.

BOTH LEE AND CHARLOTTE SAY THEY WOULD INSTANTLY CALL IN AMBULANCES FROM NEARBY COUNTIES TOO, IF NEED BE.

Nat

FROM THE SCENE-

EACH VICTIM WOULD BE EVALUATED AND SENT TO THE APPROPRIATE HOSPITAL.

THAT'S PART OF A PLAN TOO.

10:57 "we actually have a mass casualty plan that we've exercise- we've drilled that- we know where patients are going to go, where they're going to be distributed to the different hospitals."

CONNIE BOWLES IS THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR FOR LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITALS.

SHE EXPLAINS THAT PATIENTS ARE SENT TO DIFFERENT HOSPITALS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS-

WITH LEE MEMORIAL BEING THE TRAUMA CENTER.

CAN LEE HANDLE MASSACRE-PLASMA MON

BOTH CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTY EMS STRESS THEY CAN AND WILL CALL IN MUTUAL AID UNITS IN A DISATSTER.

SELL THE 6PM-2SHOT

THAT MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO HAS CREATED A TRYING DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY --

THE PRESIDENT CALLED UPON TO COMFORT THE NATION FROM THE HEART OF LEE COUNTY.