It is all on video. That is how I know it and I also read the police reports that support what is on the video.
The shooters stance that he felt he was, "about to get the crap beat our of him" is a little thin for me, but and this is a big but, it was the victim who initiated the physical confrontation. Until the guy who got shot got physical it was all a verbal exchange.
That the guy who got shot assaulted the shooter is a fact caught on video. What is not on the video is sound. There were a lot of words exchanged but we do not know what was said in the exchange.
I do not remember the shooter making any calls while he was in his seat and his son does not indicate where his father was when he talked to him.
Because the video does not show the shooter making a call from his seat it would be my opinion that he made the call to his son when he was out of the theater getting the popcorn and talking to management.
The timing on all of this is close. This whole incident took place in a very few minutes.
Again I will say I think the shooters case is thin but it was all not just as you posted. Take a look at the surveillance video for yourself.
<>There is video.<>
You mean this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27d9hCjsUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Note who initiated the second round — the shooter who kicks the back of the seat in front of him and then leans forward and says something to him.
One might say that he earned that popcorn thrown at him.
And don’t tell us that he “drew his gun” —
He already had the gun in his hand under his jacket so all he had to do was lift point and fire.