Massacre Narrowly Missed Toronto Shoot-Out Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster, was killed when 24-year-old James Holmes burst into the movie house early this morning and methodically began shooting patrons, killing at least 12 and injuring at least 50. Ghawi, who had recently moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Denver, had narrowly escaped a June 2 shoout-out at a Toronto food court that killed one person. Ghawi attended the screening of the movie with her friend, Brent Lowak, and had been tweeting about the movie minutes before it began. Lowak said he and Jessica were sitting in the middle of the theater when it filled with smoke from a device that was thrown into the crowd, according to an account of the shooting posted by Ghawi's brother, Jordan Ghawi, on his blog. The friends dropped to a prone position to take cover from the spray of bullets. Brent then heard Jessica scream and noticed that she was struck by a round in the leg. Brent began holding pressure on the wound and attempted to calm Jessica. It was at this time that Brent took a round to his lower extremities. While still administering first aid, Brent noticed that Jessica was no longer screaming," Jordan Ghawi wrote. Lowak "took what may have been his only chance to escape the line of fire" and exited the theater. Once safe, he contacted Ghawi's mother. Six weeks ago, when the young sports writer had just missed getting caught in the Toronto food court shoot-out, she reflected on how lucky she was and how fragile life is in a blog post about the attack. Ghawi's brother, a firefighter in San Antonio, arrived in Denver this morning.