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If they see certain levels of ammunition, they could count each piece as part of an explosive device. so it may not be completely laced -- the apartment may not be completely packed with explosive devices, but there are certainly dozens and dozens of at least chemical if not explosive devices they are ke concerned about. clearly why they are going so slowly into his apartment. back at the crime scene, investigators are letting folks come back here to pick up their vehicles. of course this entire...

Determine exactly where the fusing mechanism is, how they could shoot that fusing mechanism away from the main charge and thereby successfully disarm the device. >> how far away from the actual explosive device can one defuse it? i mean, can it be feet, or does it have to be within inches? does it depend on the device? >> it certainly depends on the device, but typically youre not talking about more than about 15 or 16 inches. >> wow, thats pretty precise. >> yes. >> mike, have you heard anythin...

instead of this apartment. now what happens is the collection of evidence. authorities here want to go through his belongings and his computers and that sort of thing trying to find any kind of evidence that would help him explain how he prepared and what led to this massacre in aurora, colorado, so all of that work continues. were seeing the local firefighters that were here starting to clean up the hoses that were brought in as a precaution, but all of the investigators and bomb tech...

Me and the atf is involved in this case and they are looking at where in fact, this guy was able to get this type of explosive device from. it is a fluid investigation. i continue to get more information about that now. >> peter: this is a full national investigation and bringing in atf and fbi. rob, well come back to you after the break, but i want to talk to you about how the people have the ability to get tear gas and should it be legal? >> apparently the guy was wearing a gas mask moments be...

Early understanding as to what the point of the explosives were? >> reporter: well, at this point, we dont know. and the police are not yet saying whether this was something that he was planning on using. allegedly using at the theater or something that he was perhaps allegedly planning at his apartment complex right now. we just dont know other than to say that there is some type of explosive device that he indicated would be at his apartment in aurora, colorado. that has obviously ratcheted up...

At his apartment. as far as the initial officers that showed up on scene, because they were there so quick, they literally were transporting injured to the hospital themselves and i was listening to the radio, i think i heard one car, couple cars had two to three victims in their car and rushing them to the hospital. they werent waiting for the ambulances. >> officer, have you been able to figure out yet what was in the canister weve heard reported at least one, maybe two canisters thrown by the...

When it happened in terms of how far into the movie. apparently maybe 20, 30 minutes into the movie. this is when it occurred. people were under the mistaken impression that it was part of a special effect, part of "batman." >> a lot of confusion. >> certainly a hot of confusion here. god knows how many people were in the theater at this point. again, we know the numbers as they are now, that will rapidly change, we know that. in the darkness, in this movie, someone opens fire. this adult male h...

Dark knight rises" begins. then about a half hour later, the gunman wearing a gas mask bursts through an exit door, throws some type of explosive device or gas and starts shooting. then 911 calls flood the police switchboard and officers arrive within minutes to the bloody scene. the suspect identified as 24-year-old james holmes is arrested at that scene. his apartment is then searched by police. at about 3:20 a.m. mountain time, aurora police reports several people are dead, many more injured....

Colorado where the suspected gunman who opened fire at a movie theater killing at least 14 people is believed to live. police are checking this because the suspect telling them he has some sort of explosive device at his home. he told them also that he had some in his car outside the movie theater. that vehicle was checked and they found no explosives. youre looking at here is pictures from north aurora, colorado. the apartment of the suspected gunman in the shooting where at least 14 people hav...

Death toll rose from that number of 14. a suspect is in custody. a man was arrested there. no evidence, police say, of a second gunman, but theyre taking every precaution. the man alluded to some kind of explosive device inside the theater. he alluded to an explosive device at his home in north aurora, colorado. police stress, there is no evidence of that yet, although they have evacuated the movie theater, of course, locked it down, and now looking for any sign of an explosive device. richard l...