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booby-trapped at this time. they are right now trying to work to disarm some flammable or explosive material that is inside that apartment. there is a live look for you right now as they continue to work to do this. police say the gunman wore a bulletproof vest. also a gas mask as he detonated gas canisters and opened fire on a crowded theater early this morning in colorado. cell phone video shows the chaos is terrified moviegoers come out of the movie plots. here now, are the sites and sounds of this nightmare. >> there are explosions behind me and i thought it was just a normal pra...

>> it was a packed house in that movie theater, 50 victims, 12 of which have died, 38 others being treated. we want to go now to reporter jere jeremy hola. the shooting suspect has been confirmed as 24-year-old james holmes, but we now understand police and investigators on the scene of his apartment has figured out it's booby trapped. can you confirm that? >> this guy was methodical in his planning. about ten minutes ago, chief dan oates of the aurora police department said, quote, booby trapped. the third floor of this apartment unit is where this suspect lived, and on the third fl...

numbers that we are -- just by the minute, this is really what we're learning, so we're trying to stay on top of this, but you can tell this is a very serious situation with 14 people daend some 50 injured. >> tell us what kind of crowd may have been assembled at the movie theater, at the century 16. obviously, this was a big night for this movie, midnight showings across the country. packed house, safe to say? >> reporter: absolutely. the people who were in theater number 9 who are talking with us -- and theater number 9 is where we believe that at least the shooting occurred. we're...

what if malia and sasha had been in the theater. as so many of our kids do every day. michelle and i will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter. i'm sure you'll do the same with your children. for those parents who may not be so lucky, we have to embrace them. >> ann and i join the president and first lady and all americans nof in offering our deepest condolences for those whose lives were shattered in a few moments. a few moments of evil in colorado. >> federal and local officials do not know how long it's going to take to get inside that boobytrapped apartment of ja...

in aurora, colorado, with the latest. adam? >> reporter: we have a lot going on in the aurora area. behind me is the crime scene, still bodies inside and families still are not been notified about what has happened to the loved ones. the investigation is ongoing in the theater. century 16 theater. imagine a few hours ago. what was going on there. the ho horror people were seeing and dealing with. local hospitals, a number of surgeries going on as people treated for the injuries. 12 people killed. 59 injured from the gunman. not far from here, just three miles is a medical center here...