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at 6:00. good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne and today bomb experts diffused several devices in the important of this suspect in the shooting at the colorado movie theater. they took out a tripwire set to set off an explosion if somebody opened the door. officials say they have eliminated all major threats from the apartment. aurora's police chief said the explosives were clearly meantly kill police officers. >> what has happened to our city, what has happened to these wonderful people would live here and also what he threatened to do to one of our police of...

We need to leave it to the professionals to figure out the whys. thank god we know the who. >> yeah. and clearly, part of a very, very complex person, attributes of a very, very complex person. appreciate your time. thank you. from his hospital bed, stephen barton recovering from a gunshot wound and other injuries to his arms and face, you can see there. the 22-year-old was traveling on a cross-country bike ride from connecticut with a friend when he stopped in colorado. like many in the theater, he felt at first he wouldn't make it out alive. >> just like unloading into the crowd. it seemed...

sophisticated setup inside that apartment that could have been very deadly. because of that, authorities now say that they feel that the major threats that were inside that apartment have been diffused, and it's not totally safe yet, but they can begin the process of removing all of the explosive materials that were inside holmes' apartment and they're beginning to take that out. but what's been clear to them, there's been a great and deliberate process by josh holmes to buy all of this material, get all of this material ready, and thoroughly plan out this attack. the police chief in...

learn how to do it? >> and talk to me about the levels of this sort of investigation and a very methodical approach to making a discovery that this apartment was indeed booby trapped, as we saw bomb authorities do and then try to defeat what they call the first threat which was a trip wire in that unit before even going about this sort of controlled detonation of sorts or this use of this device to try to target a particular mechanism inside. what would be next? >> well, probably repeat the same procedure. i'm assuming they have a direct video feed out of the inside of that apartment...

killer. >> the investigation determined that his apartment is boobytrapped with various incendiary and chemical devices and apparent trip wires. >> police try to figure ow how to get into the suspect's apartment while we learn more on the man who he is and how he plotted his alleged crime. and heartbreaking stories of victims and their families. >> you know, the thought crossed my mind that he was going to walk up the aisles and, you know, kill everyone, and so there's definitely a moment where in my mind, i thought, wow, this really might be the end. >> and today, heightened securit...