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NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

HL1)COLORADO SHOOTING-VOTOPS-WIPE

IT IS THE WORST MASS SHOOTING IN U-S HISTORY

12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD

AND 58 INJURED AFTER FRIDAY'S EARLY MORNING MASSACRE IN COLORADO

IT ALL HAPPENED AT A MOVIE THEATRE IN AURORA

HL2)WITNESS INTERVIEW-SOTVO

this one's going to kill me. This one -- this is it

THIS MORNING WE ARE STILL HEARING VICTIMS' TERRIFYING STORIES.

THEIR HOPES TO STAY ALIVE

HELLO-1SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

TODAY IS SATURDAY JULY 21ST

I'M JOE ROETZ

WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH NEW DETAILS ON FRIDAY MORNING'S SHOOTING IN AURORA COLORADO

COLORADO SHOOTING-REM-LIVE

COLORADO SHOOTING-PKG

A crowd gathered for an impromptu prayer - holding candles, and mourning the

victims of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. a day many

will never forget, a day that started innocently at a midnight screening of

the new Batman film.

NATS aftermath

Halfway into the movie, hundreds fled the carnage inside. in a state of

shock, and bleeding from bullet holes.

NATS aftermath

No one had any inkling of the horrors to come. The lone gunman, 24-year old

James Holmes, watched the film like everybody else, until he got up and used

his cell phone. Then he slipped through an exit door to get an arsenal of

weapons from his car. Police say Holmes went back inside to the front of the

theater and hurled two green canisters.

SOT Jordan Crofter, eyewitness

"They started hissing and smoke everywhere and by the time I turned the

corner they went off just 'pop, pop', and then shooting."

Jennifer Seeger, Eyewitness

"Then he shot up in the air, and everybody started to panic at that point."

SOT Jamie Rohr, eyewitness

"The baby was in my arms at the time, and then it was just chaos."

SOT Patricia Legarreta, eyewitness

"At that moment, I was just thinking I am not going to die in here, me and

my kids, we ar not going to die in here."

Just minutes later, police arrested Holmes outside the theater near his car.

Officials won't say if the suspect talked about a motive. Right now, they

are worried about his apartment. It is booby-trapped.

SOT Dan Oates, Police Chief, Aurora, CO

"I see an awful lot of wires, tripped wires, jars full of ammunition, jars

full of liquid. Things that look like mortar rounds, we have a lot of

COLORADO SHOOTING-REM-LIVE

TOSS TO KIRA-OC-CAM-9

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE DETAILS POURING IN FROM THE SHOOTING

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. Page Field recorded a high temperature of 97°, but it felt much hotter than that as heat index values soared anywhere between 103°- 108°.

After a few storms late yesterday afternoon and evening, skies have cleared out nicely. We'll start off with ample sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures hover into the upper 70 to lower 80s. A few clouds will develop by the late morning with partly cloudy conditions in the forecast during the afternoon hours.

Dry and stable high pressure that has kept us drier and hotter than normal will weaken today, with a bit more tropical moisture making its way into Southwest Florida. This will allow a few more storms to bubble up this afternoon along the seabreeze boundary as temperatures climb into the mid 90s.

Tonight, a few lingering showers/storms are possible through the evening hours before our skies go quiet with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

By Sunday, we should see an uptick in the our storms pattern as a weak tropical wave brushes by Southwest Florida. This will bring in a few more clouds across our skies tomorrow with afternoon activity becoming a bit more numerous.

WITNESS INTERVIEW-OC-SOT- OC AT POP

FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE SHOOTING FILE IN

AS VICTIMS TELL THEIR STORIES

THE YOUNGEST INJURED IN THE MOVIE THEATRE MASSACRE WAS A 4 MONTH OLD BOY

HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL

THE BABY, HIS MOTHER PATRICIA LEGARRETA, HER FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER FIANCE WERE AT THE THEATRE

HER FIANCE JAMIE ROHRS DESCRIBES THE TERROR DURING THE SHOOTING

My idea was don't let -- don't see him. If you see him, he can see you. Stay low. Stay -- just try to hide. And people are falling all around, like, you're just hearing screaming. Right next to me. I'm still standing. I don't know why -- how i'm not hit. But every time a bullet flashed, you just hear the sound and your ears are ringing. You're like, this one's going to kill me. This one -- this is it."

THE TWO OF THEM WERE SEPARATED DURING THE CHAOS

WHEN THEY MET UP AT THE HOSPITAL, ROHRS PROPOSED

THEATRE POLICE NEWSER-OC-SOT- AT POP

OFFICIALS IN COLORADO HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT

THE GOVERNOR CALLS THE TRAGEDY AN ACT THAT "DEFIES DESCRIPTION".

POLICE ARE TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT MANY DETAILS OF THE CASE

THE AURORA POLICE CHIEF SAYS HE CAN'T ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION

CO SHOOTING MILITARY-OC AT POP

WE KNOW THREE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE AMONG THE WOUNDED, AND ONE IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

THE SERVICEMAN NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM IS A NAVY SAILOR.

VICTIM SPEAKS FROM HOSPITAL-VOTOPS

PIERCE O'FARRELL AT THE MOVIE WITH A FRIEND.

HE SAYS THE GUNMAN WAS NO MORE THAN 30-FEET AWAY WHEN HE BEGAN SHOOTING.

O'FARRELL WAS WOUNDED IN THE SHOULDER AND LEG. HIS FRIEND WAS ALSO SHOT.

BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

VICTIM SPEAKS FROM HOSPITAL-SOTVO

He was standing above me and I could feel his presence right above me. and I stayed as still as I possibly could. and I just had my eyes closed the whole time. and he was just right there -- I could just feel him -- and he shot multiple rounds at that point."

O'FARREL SAYS HE WAS IN AGONIZING PAIN

AND HE REALLY THOUGHT HOLMES WAS GOING TO KILL HIM

FAMILY REACTION TO SHOOTING-OC

WE DON'T WANT TO EXAGGERATE BY SAYING THAT GOING OUT TO A MOVIE IS SUDDENLY DANGEROUS FOR YOUR AND YOUR FAMILY.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THE SUBJECT ITS DUE DISCUSSION.AND THAT INCLUDES.AKSING IF YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY.

FAMILY REACTION TO SHOOTING-PKG

"any place is vulnerable to the evil thats going on" Christine Rogers/Fort Myers

Christine Rogers says her routine of going to the movies isn't going to change-

"i think thats just the world we live in now" 2 sec Christine

What could change is how much she talks to her family about their safety -- this after the mass shooting at a midnight showing of the dark knight rises in colorado where 12 people were killed.

"truthful without scaring them because kids do really have to be taught." Christine

psychiatrist dr mabel lopez agrees to an extent -- saying what you tell them depends on a childs age and maturity level.

dr.mabel lopez/psychiatrist "just want to know is this going to happen to us or in our community and we have to reassure them we are as safe as we can be." 9 sec

with younger kids she suggests to tell them just that -- we are safe.

"they dont need to be exposed to this information as there is little value to it."

but with older kids parents should remind them that shootings are rare and to have a safety routine in place.

"it doesnt scare me as much as the thought." Krista Rogers/Fort Myers

the thought about what could happen if 13 year old krista rogers were in that situation.

"after this a lot of people should be aware of their surroundings and know whats out there." Krista Rogers/Fort Myers

a lesson learned --

that her family hopes she will take with her on her next trip to the movies.

FAMILY REACTION TO SHOOTING-OC

SARA MILES REPORTING

AS FAR AS SAFETY GOES -- AMC THEATERS WILL STEP UP SECURITY -- BY NOT ALLOWING ANY GUESTS TO WEAR COSTUMES THAT MAKES OTHERS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

AND THEY WON'T PERMIT FACE COVERING MASKS OR FAKE WEAPONS.

SHOOTERS FRIENDS REACT-OC-SOTVO-WIPE

FRIENDS OF COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT JAMES HOLMES DESCRIBE HIM AS "QUIET".

MANY CAN'T BELIEVE 24-YEAR-OLD IS BEHIND THE MASS SHOOTING

"Absolutely not,he wasn't aggressive he was pretty well humored, I mean he was kinda shy but that's not like shyness is an indicator of shooting up a movie theater."

EXAMPLES OF WEAPONS-VOTOPS

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEAPONS JAMES HOLMES ALLEGEDLY USED DURING THE SHOOTING.

HERE'S AN A-R 15.

THAT'S THE MILITARY'S VERSION OF A MACHINE GUN.

POLICE SAY HE ALSO USED A 8-70 REMINGTON 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.

.AND A 40-GLOCK HANDGUN.

THE GLOCK IS A HANDGUN THE POLICE OFTEN USE.

HOLMES BOUGHT THEM LEGALLY FROM GUN SHOPS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

HE ALSO BOUGHT SIX-THOUSAND ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION ONLINE.

TEASE ONE-OC

TWO TEENS INVOLVED IN THE RECENT MURDER OF A DELIVERY DRIVER

ARE NO LONGER FACING CHARGES

EDDIE LEONARD AND DEJERION STUART WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH

ON MURDER CHARGES

TZ1 A) DELIVERY MURDER LATEST-OC-SS-VO

STORMWARN CLIP-CLIPTOPS

WEATHER

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. Page Field recorded a high temperature of 97°, but it felt much hotter than that as heat index values soared anywhere between 103°- 108°.

After a few storms late yesterday afternoon and evening, skies have cleared out nicely. We'll start off with ample sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures hover into the upper 70 to lower 80s. A few clouds will develop by the late morning with partly cloudy conditions in the forecast during the afternoon hours.

Dry and stable high pressure that has kept us drier and hotter than normal will weaken today, with a bit more tropical moisture making its way into Southwest Florida. This will allow a few more storms to bubble up this afternoon along the seabreeze boundary as temperatures climb into the mid 90s.

Tonight, a few lingering showers/storms are possible through the evening hours before our skies go quiet with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

By Sunday, we should see an uptick in the our storms pattern as a weak tropical wave brushes by Southwest Florida. This will bring in a few more clouds across our skies tomorrow with afternoon activity becoming a bit more numerous.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

DELIVERY MURDER LATEST-SS-VO-SS-VO

TWO TEENS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN A FAST FOOD DELIVERYMAN IN FORT MYERS ARE BEING RELEASED.

THIS COMES AFTER A GRAND JURY FAILED TO FILE FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST EDDIE LEONARD AND DEJERION STEWART.

THE TWO WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE JURORS SAY.THERE'S NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT---NO DNA, NO FINGERPRINTS AND NO WEAPON RECOVERED.

AND THE EVIDENCE…AS OF NOW AGAINST THE BOYS.DOES NOT HAVE MUCH CHANCE OF HOLDING UP IN COURT.

BUT POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER.

THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED.

THE BOYS WILL BE RELEASED AFTER THEY ARE PROCESSED.

FL HOMEOWNER SHOOTS TEEN-VO-WIPE

INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN SHOT A TEENAGER WHO BROKE INTO HIS PALM BEACH COUNTY HOUSE.

DEPUTIES SAY THE MAN WAS HOME WITH HIS WIFE, WHEN THE 16-YEAR-OLD FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE BACK DOOR YESTERDAY MORNING

SOMEONE ALSO BROKE INTO THE HOUSE THREE WEEKS AGO, BUT A SPOKESPERSON DOESN'T KNOW IF THIS IS RELATED TO THAT.

MISTRIAL IN COCKFIGHTING TRIAL-VO-WIPE

A MISTRIAL IN THE CASE AGAINST PEDRO LOPEZ, THE MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING THE LARGEST COCKFIGHTING RING IN LEE COUNTY HISTORY.

THE RULING CAME AFTER A JURY DEADLOCK.

LOPEZ FACED DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ANIMAL FIGHTING CHARGES.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND ROOSTERS IN CAGES ON HIS PROPERTY. AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF COCKFIGHTING

CHILE SEX ABUSE-VO

SIXTY-ONE SCHOOLS IN SANTIAGO, CHILE ARE NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION

AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE SURFACE

SEVERAL TEACHERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY MOLESTING CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE CITY.

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

THINGS TO DO-CG2TOPS-OC-BNR

IF YOURE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED

LIKE IT OR NOT, SCHOOL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER-

AND THE EDISON MALL WILL BE HOSTING A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT TODAY.

THERE WILL BE A FASHION SHOW, SAFETY TIPS. AND LOTS OF GOODIES.

IT'S FROM 11AM TO 3PM THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DILLARD'S COURT AREA.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

TEASE TWO-OC

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN BROKE HIS SILENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK ON NATIONAL TV

BUT ONE WOMAN-- WAS DECLINED AN INTERVIEW

ABC'S BARBARA WALTERS LOST HER CHANCE FOR AN INTERVIEW

BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T AGREE TO ONE OF ZIMMERMAN'S REQUESTS

TZ2 A) ZIMMERMAN-VO-WIPE

ZIMMERMAN FOLLIES-ON CAM

BARBARA WALTERS ALMOST ALWAYS GETS THE INTERVIEW SHE WANTS.

BUT, THIS TIME AROUND -- SHE MISSED OUT.

ZIMMERMAN FOLLIES-PKG

THIS IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF "THE GET", DOES NOT GET HER MAN. AND SEAN HANNITY DOES.

It is an interview that never took place. When we come back I will tell you why. It's like a mystery. woo woo woo.

THAT WAS 6 MINUTES INTO THE VIEW. BY 12 MINUTES AFTER, BARBARA WAS EXPLAINING HOW SHE'D FLOWN DOWN TO FLORIDA WEDNESDAY TO INTERVIEW GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, AN INTERVIEW SHE THOUGHT SHE'D BEEN GUARANTEED.

Zimmerman came in. He had already taken off the suit he was wearing for the interview with Hannity. wearing a t-shirt should have been my first clue.

BARBARA SAID ZIMMERMAN REFUSED TO DO THE INTERVIEW UNLESS ABC MET ONE CONDITION, WHICH BARBARA WOULDN'T AGREE TO AND WOULDN'T REVEAL. AFTER ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BREAK, BARBARA GOT GRILLED.

You know what that tells me, tells me he wants money. Yes or no? she can't say. Leave her alone.

I think the viewers want to know.

IF YOU MUST KNOW, NOSEY VIEWERS, ZIMMERMAN'S LAWYER CONFIRMED THAT HIS NEARLY BROKE CLIENT ASKED ABC FOR 30 DAYS STAY IN A HOTEL WITH SECURITY.

George was thinking I don't want money in my pocket I want my wife safe for a month.

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE VIEW, 32 MINUTES INTO THE SHOW.

I was just told Mr. Zimmerman wanted to talk to me on the phone. We will be back and who knows what we're gonna get.

BY 37 MINUTES IN.

We're still waiting to see if we're going to receive a call from George Zimmerman.

BUT WHILE THEY'RE WAITING, WHY NOT SQUEEZE IN A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.

SHE'S A VIRGIN FROM TLC's "VIRGIN DIARIES" WHO'S BEEN SAVING HERSELF 'TILL MARRIAGE.

Will you marry me? yes

BUT WILL BARBARA CONSUMMATE HER INTERVIEW? 50 MINUTES INTO THE HOUR-LONG SHOW, WE FINALLY FIND OUT.

In my little earpiece I'm telling, Zimmerman called, yes, that he just called and Mr. Zimmerman, if you could not do the interview yesterday, I don't think we should do a quick one today.

NO QUICKIES FOR BARBARA WALTERS.

We will now continue our program and with the people who agreed to interviews and then come here.

MAYBE SHE DIDN'T GET HER MAN, BUT SHE DID GET BACK AT HIM.

PARENT ARREST-MITTO

NEW INTO THE ABC 7 NEWS ROOM THIS MORNING RIGHT NOW

A MOTHER AND FATHER ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THE DEATH OF THEIR INFANT CHILD.

29 YEAR OLD AMBER ROSE LANDRY AND 31-YEAR OLD SCOTT PAUL LANDRY

ARE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF THEIR 17 MONTH OLD BABY BOY

LAST NOVEMBER - CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL IN THE DEEP CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE BABY WAS NOT BREATHING

THE BABY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL - AND ARRIVED IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST

DEPUTIES SAY TESTS SHOWED A PRESENCE OF OPIATES IN THE INFANTS SYSTEM

COLLIER WOMAN WITH MAD COW-VO WIPE

A NAPLES WOMAN SUFFERS FROM THE HUMAN FORM OF MAD COW DISEASE.

AND HER 24-YEAR-OLD SON DROPS EVERYTHING TO CARE FOR HIS DYING MOTHER, STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

58-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE BRYANT HAS CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE OR C-J-D.

IT'S AN INCURABLE FORM OF BRAIN DAMAGE THAT LEADS TO A RAPID DECREASE OF MENTAL FUNCTION AND MOVEMENT.

DOCTORS DON'T KNOW HOW STEPHANIE GOT IT. AND THEY SAY SHE HAS JUST MONTHS TO LIVE.

COLLIER WOMAN WITH MAD COW-SOTVO

"everyone tells me you're doing such a great job and you're so strong right now but as soon as it's over and I don't have my mom. it's gonna be a shock."

CHARLIE SAYS WHEN HE MOVED BACK THE HOUSE WAS A MESS--

INFESTED WITH FLEES, THE AIR-CONDITIONING WASN'T WORKING, AND A BACK DOOR WAS BROKEN IN.

TEASE THREE-ON CAM

WHO IS JAMES HOLMES

THAT'S WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE WONDERING

RIGHT NOW WE KNOW HE IS THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOR THE MIDNIGHT MASSACRE IN A COLORADO MOVIE THEATRE

BUT COMING UP. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STEPS HE TOOK LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING

AND IF DISASTER STRIKES

ARE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AUTHORITIES READY?

TZ3 A) JAMES HOLMES-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B) LEE COUNTY DISASTER PREP-VOTOPS

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

TS 1) CHILE SEX ABUSE-VOTOPS

SIXTY-ONE SCHOOLS IN SANTIAGO, CHILE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION

AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE SURFACE

SEVERAL TEACHERS ARE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY MOLESTING CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE CITY.

TS 2) DELIVERY MURDER-SSTOPS VO

TWO TEENS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN A FAST FOOD DELIVERYMAN IN FORT MYERS ARE RELEASED.

THIS COMES AFTER A GRAND JURY FAILED TO FILE FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST EDDIE LEONARD AND DEJERION STEWART.

THE TWO WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE LEE COUNTY GRAND JURY RELEASED A "NO TRUE BILL"…MEANING THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HARD EVIDENCE TO TAKE THE BOYS CASE TO COURT.

THE JURORS SAY.THERE'S NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT---NO DNA, NO FINGERPRINTS AND NO WEAPON RECOVERED.

BUT POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER.

WX TOSS-OC

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SATURDAY JULY 21ST

I'M JOE ROETZ

WEATHER-WX CTR

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. Page Field recorded a high temperature of 97°, but it felt much hotter than that as heat index values soared anywhere between 103°- 108°.

After a few storms late yesterday afternoon and evening, skies have cleared out nicely. We'll start off with ample sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures hover into the upper 70 to lower 80s. A few clouds will develop by the late morning with partly cloudy conditions in the forecast during the afternoon hours.

Dry and stable high pressure that has kept us drier and hotter than normal will weaken today, with a bit more tropical moisture making its way into Southwest Florida. This will allow a few more storms to bubble up this afternoon along the seabreeze boundary as temperatures climb into the mid 90s.

Tonight, a few lingering showers/storms are possible through the evening hours before our skies go quiet with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

By Sunday, we should see an uptick in the our storms pattern as a weak tropical wave brushes by Southwest Florida. This will bring in a few more clouds across our skies tomorrow with afternoon activity becoming a bit more numerous.

SOUND FROM THE SCENE, THEATER-VOTOPS

THE SIGHTS OF A TRAGIC DAY.

THE MASSACRE INSIDE AN AURORA COLORADO MOVIE THEATRE

IT STARTED AS A SCREENING OF THE NEWEST BATMAN MOVIE

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

BUT ENDED WITH 12 PEOPLE DEAD

WHO IS JAMES HOLMES-OC

POLICE IN AURORA, COLORADO SAY WILL TRY TO GET INTO JAMES HOLMES APARTMENT TODAY

THEY SAY THE THEATER SHOOTING SUSPECT BOOBY-TRAPPED HIS HOME WITH TRIP WIRES AND JARS OF AMMUNITION.

WHO IS JAMES HOLMES-PKG

HE HAD BEEN LIVING NOT FAR FROM THIS MOVIE THEATER FOR THE PAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICAL SCHOOL WHERE HOLMES WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN NEUROSCIENCE'S.

ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL, HE WAS, "IN THE PROCESS OF WITHDRAWING" AS A STUDENT LAST MONTH.

THE SCHOOL FRANKLY WON'T TELL US MUCH ABOUT HIS GRADES, THE CLASSES HE TOOK, OR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE DO KNOW HE GAVE A STUDENT LECTURE THIS PAST MARCH ON SOMETHING CALLED "MICRO-RNA BIOMARKERS."

IF YOU LOOK IT UP, IT'S ABOUT AN EMERGING AREA OF NEUROSCIENCE; THE STUDY OF NERVES THAT RELATES TO CANCER RESEARCH.

AND THE SCHOOL SAYS HOLMES WORKED IN A PAID POSITION THERE AS WELL.

BUT NO DETAILS.

BEFORE THAT, A MIDDLE UPPER CLASS UPBRINGING IN CALIFORNIA.

HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO.

AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN RIVERSIDE IN 2010.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THERE SAID HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC RECORD.

"He was an honors student, so academically he was at the top of the top. He really distinguished himself from an academic point of view in the four years with us graduating with the highest honors."

SO HOW IS IT THIS HONOR STUDENT, THIS Ph.D. CANDIDATE, THIS BUDDING NEUROSCIENTIST BECOMES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON, DRESSED AND ACCORDING TO POLICE ARMED TO KILL?

"The suspect was dressed all in black, he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves."

WAS THE PERSON DELUSIONAL, WAS THERE MENTAL ILLNESS INVOLVED?

AS WE TRY TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER RAY KELLY HAD RELEASED ON WHAT HE LEARNED OF THE SUSPECT THAT MAY HAVE A TIE TO THE ACTUAL MOVIE.

WHO IS JAMES HOLMES-OC

DREW GRIFFIN REPORTING

COLORADO SURVIVORS-OC

TALES OF SURVIVAL -- BEGIN TO SURFACE ONE BY ONE

ONE ROW -- ONE SEAT -- MEANT THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE WOUNDED ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES --

COLORADO SURVIVORS-PKG

FRIENDS AND FAMILIES RACED TO A GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL DESPERATE FOR NEWS

THAT THEIR LOVED ONES SURVIVED-OF THE UNKNOWN

Tom Sullivan holds a picture of his son and pleads with media--

" His name is Alex Sullivan. Please call so we can find him. Alright?/

SO FAR, THE NAME OF ONE VICTIMJESSICA GHAWI, 24, AN ASPIRING SPORTS REPORTER

, WHO INCREDIBLY SURVIVED ANOTHER SHOOTING IN TORONTO LAST MONTH AND BLOGGED

ABOUT THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE

GFX

"I WAS REMINDED THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE OUT TIME ON EARTH WILL END.

WHEN OR WHERE WE'LL BREATHE OUR LAST BREATH."

SURVIVORS, LIKE CHRIS RAMOS, TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE HORROR HE WITNESSED

.

"There's no feeling, no word, no word, no jarring detail that I can give you

to make you understand what we felt / Washing away the blood, or just

washing away the dirt, and the fear that they have on their skin."

THIS HORROR CREATED BY SOMEONE AT THEIR WORST BUT SAVED BY PEOPLE AT THEIR

BEST.

PEOPLE LIKE JARELL BROOKS-JUST 19 YEARS OLD-TOOK A BULLET TO THE LEG-HELPED

RESCUE A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

CC: Do you think about where the bullet would have gone - if your body wasn'

t were it was?

JB: The position where I was at. it probably could have hit her - probably

hit her hip. Cause I was guiding her - doing baby steps - the littlest one

, the baby girl, probably could have got hit in the head.

CC: Hero. how do you feel about that word being put on you for what

happened in that theater?

JB: I don't want to say hero, I was in the WRONG place at the RIGHT time.

That's all I can say?

CC: Isnt' it the wrong place at the wrong time when you got shot?

JB: Wrong place because the situation I was in, but right because I was able

to help family.

HIS MOST HEROIC ACT MAY BE HIS FORGIVENESS FOUND FOR THE MAN WHO SHOT HIM

AND SO MANY OTHERS.

JB: I don't hate the man who shot me/I feel like forgiveness more bold than

FL SHOOTER TRAINING-VO

CHRIS CUOMO REPORTING

WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT'S SOBERING TO THINK THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS ONE THING THEY PREPARE FOR IS TAKING OUT THE SHOOTER.

SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S SWAT TEAM MEMBERS TRAIN FOR THAT REGULARLY.

OBAMA RALLY-VO-WIPE

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SPOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE NATION AFTER THE COLORADO SHOOTING.FROM THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

WHAT WAS ORGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A CAMPAIGN STOP --

TURNED TO AN 8 MINUTE SPEECH SURROUNDING THE AURORA TRAGEDY.

THE PRESIDENT LEARNED OF THE SHOOTING WHEN HE WOKE-UP YESTERDAY IN WEST PALM BEACH.

IT WAS 5-26 IN THE MORNING.

ROMNEY REACTS-VOTOPS

MITT ROMNEY ALSO CUT CAMPAIGN EVENTS SHORT YESTERDAY

SPEAKING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.ROMNEY ONLY ADDRESSED THE TRAGEDY IN COLORADO.

OBAMA FLAG KID-SS-WIPE

IMAGES FROM YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING WILL LIKELY STICK WITH WITNESSES FOR MANY MANY YEARS

HERE IN FLORIDA - YESTERDAY - SOME MEMORABLE MOMENTS AS WELL GOING ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT

THIS IS A PICTURE OF 10-YEAR-OLD ETHAN.

HE'S HOLDING TWO AMERICAN FLAGS.

HIS FATHER SNAPPED THIS PHOTO AS THEY WERE WAITING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MOTORCADE AS IT HEADED BACK TO THE AIRPORT.

OBAMA FLAG KID-SOTVO

ETHAN COON: I didn't think it'd be anywhere else except in our house probably on the wall

DAVE COON: it's just tragic for the community and we hope it never happens here

LEE COUNTY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS-VO

WITH A DOZEN DEAD, AND DOZENS OTHERS INJURED, HELP CAME QUICKLY TO THE AURORA COLORADO SCENE.

BUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS HAD TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN POLICE CARS, BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH AMBULANCES.

LEE COUNTY E-M-S TELLS ABC-7, THEY'RE READY IF DISASTER STRIKES HERE.

THEY HAVE 35 AMBULANCES ON DUTY AND READY TO GO- PLUS AND AN ADDITIONAL12 IN A BACK UP FLEET.

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

LEE COUNTY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS-SOTVO

10:57 "4:55 "we would start our triage protocol- sort the patients by catagory according to severity of injury and transport them accordingly."

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

THEY HAVE DISASTER PLANS TOO.

TEASE FOUR-OC

A GROUNDBREAKING TECHNIQUE USED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DETERIORATING EYESIGHT.

ABC 7 INTRODUCES YOU TO A LOCAL DOCTOR'S OFFICE GIVING ITS PATIENTS A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

TZ 4 MACULAR DEGENERATION-VO-WIPE

LOTTERY NUMBERS-CG

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIPTOPS

MAIN WEATHER-2SHOT

MAIN WEATHER-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. Page Field recorded a high temperature of 97°, but it felt much hotter than that as heat index values soared anywhere between 103°- 108°.

After a few storms late yesterday afternoon and evening, skies have cleared out nicely. We'll start off with ample sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures hover into the upper 70 to lower 80s. A few clouds will develop by the late morning with partly cloudy conditions in the forecast during the afternoon hours.

Dry and stable high pressure that has kept us drier and hotter than normal will weaken today, with a bit more tropical moisture making its way into Southwest Florida. This will allow a few more storms to bubble up this afternoon along the seabreeze boundary as temperatures climb into the mid 90s.

Tonight, a few lingering showers/storms are possible through the evening hours before our skies go quiet with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

By Sunday, we should see an uptick in the our storms pattern as a weak tropical wave brushes by Southwest Florida. This will bring in a few more clouds across our skies tomorrow with afternoon activity becoming a bit more numerous.

CAPE CORAL THEFT ARREST-(2)SS

A MAN IN CAPE CORAL IS ACCUSED OF STEALING A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR ANTIQUE HANDGUN AND THEN SELLING IT.

POLICE SAY CORY SHADE STOLE THE GUN WHILE WORKING FOR A MOVING COMPANY.

THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE GUN FROM SHADE IS A GUN COLLECTOR AND HAD A FEELING IT WAS STOLEN AND REPORTED IT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE COLT 45 WITH PEARL GRIPS.

SWFL UNEMPLOYMENT-(2)SSTOPS-WIPE

WE HAVE NEW NUMBERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN JUNE, MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK COMPARED TO MAY -- IN ALL THREE OF OUR MAJOR COUNTIES.

THERE WAS ALSO A SPIKE IN DESOTO, GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTY.

HENDRY STILL HOLDS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE STATE.

LUCKY BIRD-VO

IT'S ONE LUCKY BIRD.

AN OSPREY THAT WAS STARVING AND SUFFERING FROM THE HEAT IS NURSED BACK TO HEALTH.

YESTERDAY CROW RELEASED THAT YOUNG OSPREY ON CAPTIVA ISLAND.

THIS BIRD IS JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS THAT ARE TREATED BY CROW EVERY YEAR.

LUCKY BIRD-SOTVO

Heather Barron, CROW Hospital Director14:03:49-55 "Hopefully this time he will have matured enough and learned enough that he's able to hunt successfully."

THE OSPREY WAS FOUND ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN FORT MYERS BY SOME PEOPLE VISITING THE AREA.

COLORADO VIGIL-VOTOPS

PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ARRIVE TO PLACE FLOWERS AND CANDLES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE THEATER WHERE

12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE MASS SHOOTING.

TEASE FIVE

A NEW TYPE OF NEEDLE TO INJECT MEDICINE DIRECTLY INTO A PATIENT'S EYES

THAT'S WHAT DOCTORS ARE WORKING ON NOW

RIGHT NOW THE PROCESS CAN BE A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE

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MACULAR DEGENERATION-OC

A GROUND-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIAL AIMS TO HELP SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR EYESIGHT.

DOCTORS ARE TESTING A NEW TYPE OF NEEDLE TO INJECT MEDICINE DIRECTLY INTO A PATIENT'S EYES.

MACULAR DEGENERATION-PKG

BARBARA POLLOS HAS BEEN IN THIS CHAIR MORE TIMES THAN SHE CAN REMEMBER.

SHE SUFFERS FROM WET MACULAR DEGENERATION WHICH IMPAIRS EYE SIGHT AND GETS WORSE WITH AGE.

FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS - SHE'S FELT THE POKE OF A NEEDLE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.

"It's not a pain, more of a discomfort."

HER SIGHT IS SO BAD, THE 75 YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS A HARD TIME DRIVING.

"I know where the lights are but can't tell the colors."

RIGHT NOW DOCTORS INJECT HER WITH 'ILEA.'

THEY CLAMP OPEN BARBARA'S EYES AND USE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL NEEDLE.

BUT HER DOCTOR SAYS THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THE WHOLE PROCESS SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE.

DOCTOR ALEXANDER EATON INVENTED A NEW DEVICE HE HOPES WILL HELP PREVENT INFECTIONS. AND HE'S DITCHING THE CLAMP - HOPING TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE DISCOMFORT AFTER TREATMENTS.

THE NEEDLE POPS OUT OF THE COVERING DURING THE INJECTION - A WAY TO KEEP THE NEEDLE CLEAN.

TODAY HE'S TESTING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BARBARA.

AS PART OF HIS STUDY - DOCTOR EATON PERFORMS HIS NORMAL METHOD ON ONE EYE - AND USES THE NEW NEEDLE ON THE OTHER.

THEN ASKS BARBARA A SERIES OF QUESTIONS TO SEE WHICH METHOD SHE FINDS MORE COMFORTABLE.

A PROCESS HE'LL USE ON OTHER PATIENTS IN THE STUDY TO PERFECT HIS PRODUCT.

FOR BARBARA - A BETTER WAY TO IMPROVE HER SIGHT IS A BONUS AS SHE HOPES TO REGAIN MORE THAN HER VISION.

MACULAR DEGENERATION-OC

TOP STORIES-CLIPTOPS

TS1) DELIVERY MURDER-SSTOPS

TWO TEENS ARRESED AND ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN A FAST FOOD DELIVERYMAN IN FORT MYERS ARE BEING RELEASED.

THIS COMES AFTER A GRAND JURY FAILED TO FILE FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST EDDIE LEONARD AND DEJERION STEWART.

THE TWO WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE LEE COUNTY GRAND JURY RELEASED A "NO TRUE BILL"…MEANING THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HARD EVIDENCE TO TAKE THE BOYS CASE TO COURT.

THE JURORS SAY.THERE'S NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT---NO DNA, NO FINERPRINTS AND NO WEAPON RECOVERED.

BUT POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER.

TS2) LEE COUNTY DISASTER-VOTOPS

LEE COUNTY EMS TELLS ABC-7, THEY'RE READY IF DISASTER STRIKES HERE.

THEY HAVE 35 AMBULANCES ON DUTY AND READY TO GO AND AN ADDITIONAL 12 IN A BACK UP FLEET.

LIKE THE MOVIE THEATRE SCENE, THEY CAN FIT UP TO 3 PATIENTS PER AMBULANCE, DEPENDING ON THEIR INJURIES.

TS3) CAPE THEFT ARREST-SSTOPS

A MAN IN CAPE CORAL IS ACCUSED OF STEALING A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR ANTIQUE HANDGUN AND THEN SELLING IT.

POLICE SAY CORY SHADE STOLE THE GUN WHILE WORKING FOR A MOVING COMPANY.

THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE GUN FROM SHADE IS A GUN COLLECTOR AND HAD A FEELING IT WAS STOLEN AND REPORTED IT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE COLT 45 WITH PEARL GRIPS.

TS4) SWFL UNEMPLOYMENT-SSTOPS

WE HAVE NEW NUMBERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN JUNE, MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK COMPARED TO MAY -- IN ALL THREE OF OUR MAJOR COUNTIES.

THERE WAS ALSO A SPIKE IN DESOTO, GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTY.

HENDRY STILL HOLDS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE STATE.

TS5) COLORADO VIGIL-VOTOPS

PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ARRIVE TO PLACE FLOWERS AND CANDLES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE THEATER WHERE

12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE MASS SHOOTING.

FINAL WEATHER-WXCOMP

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. Page Field recorded a high temperature of 97°, but it felt much hotter than that as heat index values soared anywhere between 103°- 108°.

After a few storms late yesterday afternoon and evening, skies have cleared out nicely. We'll start off with ample sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures hover into the upper 70 to lower 80s. A few clouds will develop by the late morning with partly cloudy conditions in the forecast during the afternoon hours.

Dry and stable high pressure that has kept us drier and hotter than normal will weaken today, with a bit more tropical moisture making its way into Southwest Florida. This will allow a few more storms to bubble up this afternoon along the seabreeze boundary as temperatures climb into the mid 90s.

Tonight, a few lingering showers/storms are possible through the evening hours before our skies go quiet with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

By Sunday, we should see an uptick in the our storms pattern as a weak tropical wave brushes by Southwest Florida. This will bring in a few more clouds across our skies tomorrow with afternoon activity becoming a bit more numerous.

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