Experts to devise strategy to diffuse shooter’s booby trap

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-- police they're gonna return and they says they may be on the way right now to James homes apartments.

Which they say is still.

Booby trapped that's right Mike Tobin joins us live from Aurora Colorado he is outside the movie theater Mike I'm told I see some pictures right now from reporter.

On the apartment scene that has first responders.

Just now pulling up to the apartment building a lot unfolding there as well as where you are.

There's a lot unfolding there was still don't understand much about the motivation for this attack or learning more about what went into the attack.

The weapons he had were purchased legally and locally he had an -- to block forty caliber sidearms one of those items was apparently.

Left in the car during that attack.

Background checks were done on these weapons and all those background checks would have turned up.

Was a speeding ticket the only thing that may have gotten someone's attention was the fact that he was on the Internet.

Buying up an arsenal of bullets and body armor.

In the last sixty days he purchased for guns at local metro gun shops.

And through the Internet he purchased.

Over 6000 rounds of ammunition more than 3000 rounds of two to three.

Ammunition for the assault rifle 3000 rounds -- forty caliber ammunition.

For the two blocks in his possession at 300 rounds.

For the twelve gauge shotgun.

Now closed his motivation are probably concealed in that apartment.

Just three point eight -- miles away from this location.

But police are not in a rush to get in that apartment and -- this maze of booby traps trip wires which are hooked a mortar rounds.

Firebombs containers of unidentified liquids police -- get a camera inside yesterday -- a play inside that apartment yesterday.

They got a look at what the chief described as a vexing problem.

Federal bomb experts are coming out today to help them devise a strategy to get in possibly get a look at that evidence and do it all with out a detonation.

A couple of points -- just don't make any sense right now.

The fact that he set up that apartment with the booby traps most likely to create a second scene.

Of carnage -- -- -- yet he warned police about the booby traps.

He also bought this extensive body armor from head to -- complete with neck protectors.

Like protectors a groin -- so he would guard his -- ephemeral arteries intent on having a gun battle with someone.

Yet when he was approached by police he gave up without a fight.

Guys back to you in New York.

All right Mike -- thank you so much for the update on.

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