Explosives keeping police from suspect's apartment
Details being revealed about victims of theater shooting
Police are trying to get diffuse several incendiary devices to get into the apartment of the suspect in Friday's movie theater shooting. In the meantime, details are coming out about some of the shooter's victims.
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THERE ARE FEW ANSWERS THIS MORNING ABOUT WHY A MAN -- WHO ALLEGEDLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "THE JOKER" -- OPENED FIRE DURING A SCREENING OF THE NEW BATMAN SEQUEL AT A COLORADO MOVIE THEATER FRIDAY, KILLING 12 AND INJURING 58 OTHERS. RENE MARSH JOINS US LIVE FROM AURORA, COLORADO WITH THE LATEST.
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AT THIS HOUR THE FIRE DEPT AND A-T-F ARE STAGED AT JAMES HOLMES APARTMENT
ACCORDING TO
AT LEAST A DOZEN EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE AT THE SUSPECT'S APARTMENT BUILDING THIS MORNING -- ONE HE ALLEGEDLY RIGGED WITH EXPLOSIVES.
OFFICIALS SAY IT APPEARS THERE ARE INCENDIARY DEVICES AND POSSIBLY CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ALL LINKED TOGETHER WITH WIRES AND ARE UNSURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO DE-FUSE.
It is a very vexing problem how to enter that apartment safely, I personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us is in there.
HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FRIDAY FROM FIVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS -- INCLUDING THE ONE WHERE HOLMES LIVED
MEANWHILE WE ARE LEARNING THE NAMES OF SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN FRIDAY'S DEADLY SHOOTING
JESSICA GHAWI WAS AN ASPIRING SPORTS REPORTER -- SHE NARROWLY ESCAPED ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING IN TORONTO LAST MONTH.
MICAYLA MEDEK'S COUSIN SAID IT TOOK NEARLY 19 AGONIZING HOURS BEFORE THE FAMILY FINALLY LEARNED OF HER DEATH.
ALEX SULLIVAN WAS AT THE THEATER TO CELEBRATE HIS 27TH BIRTHDAY
AND MATT MCQUINN WAS KILLED ATTEMPTING TO SHIELD HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO WAS ALSO HIT BY BULLETS BUT IS RECOVERING IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL
A TOTAL OF 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT THIS MASS SHOOTING. MEANTIME
AT HOLMES APT THE WORK IS FAR FROM OVER
ABOUT 100 AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE OUTFITTED IN BOMB SUITS.
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