[muawiyah]

The witness, as I recall, didn't put a time limit on anything. He simply said the guy on the end of the front row (next to him) got up to answer a cellphone call (or so it seemed) and went out that back exit door.

Then the next thing he saw there was a guy dressed up and tossing grenades.

Yes, it's the door ~ Holmes had his car parked right there at the back presumably to make it easy to get his gear and guns.

There are door latch designs that cannot be defeated without sounding an alarm.

[QT3.14]

The witness, as I recall, didn't put a time limit on anything.

Timeline given by chief at press conference:

• 0005 - - Movie starts. Shortly after subject seen on cell phone, then leaves through rear door.
• 0030 (est) - A subject enters theatre from rear door and starts shooting.
• 0039 - Police start getting calls of shooting.
• 0040 - First officers arrive at scene.
• 0044 - Police radio traffic of subject in garb at rear of theater.
• 0045 - Holmes arrested. Sources report initially police thought he was a SWAT member, but one item he was wearing not consistent with their garb.