He parked in back, bought a ticket, and walked in. HE exited the back exit, propped open the door, walked a few feet to his car, got the weapons and walked back in and started shooting.
Second shooter stories came from people in the second theater being shot through the walls. Initial reports were that people were being shot in two theaters because of this.
He exits out the back door to get into his car and escape. Shucking the helmet and gear, rifle had a stoppage. (100 round mags aren’t as dependable as the good old 20 or 30)
He was surprised by that one minute response time and by the fact that some cops totally had the drop on him. He had taken several vicoden and was half stoned. Got the turd.
It really isnt that complicated.
The Aurora cops did a commendable job in this situation. I’ve listened to the scanner audio with timecode and they were on the scene very quickly, caught the guy and were in the auditorium in minutes.
They clearly learned the lessons of Columbine and it paid off in a surprisingly low number of fatalities given the weapons and the number of victims. The quick aid rendered to the victims was crucial to the high survival rate.
The early reports that I heard about an accomplice were that witnesses saw someone go open the door to let the shooter in.
There were 2 undercover officers usually in the audience. NO security?
Not to mention the money to buy all this.
This smells to high heaven.
So, if the guy bought a ticket and walked in with all the others, people saw him with his red hair. There would be lots of witnesses who stood in line with the guy and couldn’t have helped but notice the red hair. Those lines are usually long, lots of time standing around doing nothing but crowd watching, lots of witnesses.