Entrance to Batman Killer's apartment in 3 phases

[UnrepentantLiberal]

By the CNN Wire Staff
July 21, 2012

The operation to enter the booby-trapped apartment rented by the suspect in Friday's mass shooting in a suburban Denver movie theater will be carried out in three phases and may include controlled detonations, police said Saturday.

"First and foremost, we need to render the area safe," Public Information Officer Sgt. Cassidee Carlson told reporters. The most immediate threat, she said, is a booby trap that includes a trip wire. "Once that situation is mitigated, that may also include a controlled detonation that may cause a loud boom. There may also be a fire that erupts at this point."

Investigators will use a robot to disarm trip wires linked to explosives, and then use that same robot to remotely remove the improvised explosive devices, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the operation told CNN. It's also possible one of the bomb experts on site may put on protective gear and go inside the apartment, the official added.

It was not clear where all the explosives were located, though many have been seen in the living area with circuitry reaching into the kitchen, the official said. One of the incendiary devices appears to be improvised napalm and others appear to be mixtures that, if combined with other materials, could cause an explosion, the official said.

More: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/21/us/colorado-shooting-suspect-apartment/index.html?c=homepage-t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Going to be very interest to see how many of those booby traps etc are actually functional

Amateurs rarely get them right on the first try. I do not expect the police to tell us the truth either.

[Robb]

8. Agreed, except for the last bit.

We'll get the truth, but wrapped in a "this could've killed everyone in a 50-mile radius if the bomb had been made with X, Y and Z" b.s. package.

[2ndAmForComputers]

11. What do you think they would hide and why?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

24. Discourage others, not advertise what are effective and ineffective techniques

It knowledge us proles have no need for.

[A Simple Game]

28. Who says we don't need it? You? If I want to protect my

property, I should be able to do it in any way I choose. Who are you to tell me otherwise?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

29. If you read up thread, I said it is the police and government that will withhold such things

I thought my proles comment was clear enough without using the sarcasm tag.

[A Simple Game]

30. And I thought my post was obvious enough, guess I was wrong. n/t

[JeepJK556]

2. Wow

I haven't kept up with this story since last night.

They're STILL trying to get into his apartment? That can't be good...

I also have to wonder why he didn't use explosives at the theater? Surely it would have killed more and made his escape easier?

Perhaps he planned for the apartment explosives to go off at the time of the shooting but they failed to work?

[BootinUp]

9. Nobody tried to enter the apartment.

He had the loud music go on at midnight, trying to draw someone in to the trap apparently.

[ananda]

17. That seems like quite a miracle to me..

.. that nobody entered the apartment.

Thank God for that anyway.

[thelordofhell]

3. Has anybody in LE "talked" to the nutbag to find out every booby trap in his place

And by "talked" I mean used enhanced interrogation techniques

[kestrel91316]

5. No. That would be inappropriate in a criminal case in the US.

He has requested an attorney and isn't talking, anyway. That is his right.

Law enforcement are big boys and can handle this. They use robots for the real dangerous stuff.

[2ndAmForComputers]

12. I'm curious.

How, exactly, would you go at it if you were a LEO involved in this case?

[thelordofhell]

15. Charge him with domestic terrorism

Then use the methods that The Patriot Act has allowed.....................I wish The Patriot Act wasn't around, but dammit, this is pretty much precisely what it is supposed to be used for.

[2ndAmForComputers]

20. And what particular technique would you use?

[thelordofhell]

22. Please read reply #3 again

[2ndAmForComputers]

23. It doesn't say WHICH technique you would use. I'd imagine some would be more effective than others.

So... which one?

[thelordofhell]

25. "I" would use none.........I don't believe in The Patriot Act

But I would assume that the proper authorities have some gruesome ways of making someone speak. Until it gets repealed, use the current laws to your advantage (i.e. Citizens United)

[cleanhippie]

26. Ahh, so as long as YOU don't have to do the torturing, who gives a shit.

What. The. Fuck.

[sabrina 1]

27. So you're a supporter of torture?

Great, this place gets better every day!

[slackmaster]

13. I think a timeout in The Comfy Chair might get him to loosen up.

Or maybe The Soft Cushions.

[Esse Quam Videri]

4. According to local news

First trip wire has been deactivated (10:40am local time)

[Freddie]

6. This whole thing could have been much, much worse

He left loud music on in his apartment in hopes that a neighbor would come by to complain, see that the door was unlocked, open it and blow up the building.

[global1]

7. When I Heard That He Called Himself "The Joker"......

I thought that these booby traps were bogus and he was bluffing - just looking dangerous - but in reality just a ruse. I guess that this has proved not to be so. I guess they are legitimate booby traps.

[LisaL]

16. Yes, because the guy who allegedly killed 12 people is likely just trying to look dangerous.

Makes so much sense.

[thelordofhell]

18. I'd like to show this nutbag the "pencil trick"

[LastDemocratInSC]

10. Another deadly "Joker" incident a few years ago.

This event happened near my daughter's home in Virginia. A military guy dressed up as the Joker had stabbed another soldier on his base and then took off. He was located in Shenandoah National Park and tried to elude the police there. It didn't work out so well for him.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-4863064.html

[BumRushDaShow]

14. I just turned on the radio at 2 ET and heard they just detonated something in there

of course Conservative News Network's webpage says nothing and MSNBC's hints at it.

[tammywammy]

21. It's mentioned in the article linked in the OP

Investigators carried out Saturday a "controlled detonation" inside the booby-trapped apartment of movie theater shooting suspect James E. Holmes, the latest move in a three-step effort to enter the apartment.

The blast came after a policeman yelled, "Fire in the hole!" three times.

Fire officials were on standby, but there was no immediate indication of a fire.

Earlier, a trip wire and an incendiary device were both dealt with, Public Information Officer Sgt. Cassidee Carlson told reporters. "This trip wire was set up to clearly detonate when somebody entered the apartment, and it was set up to kill that person," she said. "That could have been a police officer executing a search warrant. This is some serious stuff our team is dealing with."

[pinboy3niner]

19. BREAKING (CNN): All threats eliminated from apartment nt