21 July 2012 Last updated at 17:50 ET Share this page Email Print 880 Share Facebook Aurora Batman shootings: 'Major threat ends' at suspect's home

Aurora Batman shootings: 'Major threat ends' at suspect's home

The bomb squad set off a small detonation inside the suspect's flat

Officials say they have "significantly reduced" the threat from bombs and booby traps at the Colorado home of the man suspected of shooting dead 12 people at a Batman film screening.

Robots were initially used but agents still have to enter without setting off any remaining devices.
The flat belongs to James Holmes, suspected of the killings on Friday.
Police said the suspect had acted with "calculation and deliberation", taking ammunition deliveries for months.
Early on Sunday the bomb squad staged a small controlled explosion in the building and officers disarmed trip-wires and an incendiary device.
The first trip wire was strung across the doorway of the flat, and inside were reported to be jars filled with accelerants, chemicals that would explode when mixed together and more than 30 improvised grenades.
Police say they hope to remove all hazardous material by 19:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
'Designed to kill' In addition to those killed, 58 people were also hurt in the attack at a Century 16 cinema in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
A man in a gas mask and body armour threw tear gas canisters at a midnight screening, then fired on the crowd in the cinema.

Dr James Denton, Medical Centre of Aurora: "There will be serious long term issues for patients to deal with"

James Holmes, 24, was arrested outside the cinema, police said.
FBI agents and police discovered his flat was booby-trapped when they used a camera at the end of a 12-foot pole to look inside.
Aurora police chief Dan Oates said: "I've personally never seen anything like what we've found in there."
He said: "This apartment was designed to kill whoever entered it," adding that would most probably have been a police officer.
"If you think we are angry, we sure as hell are angry," Mr Oates said.
In terms of laying charges, Mr Oates said: "Everything is pointing to a state prosecution on all charges."

He said the coroner would probably release the names of the dead on Saturday afternoon.

Residents were evacuated from the building and four other premises nearby.
Hundreds of mourners joined a vigil near the cinema in Aurora on Friday night, leaving candles and flowers outside.
James Holmes was said to be armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two pistols when he launched his assault on the midnight screening of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises.
He also bought 6,000 rounds of ammunition over the internet, Mr Oates said.
The police chief said that all weapons and ammunition were purchased legally within the past few months, and that the suspect had received a high volume of packages to his home and work place.
The University of Colorado Hospital said it was still treating five patients in critical condition.
The Medical Center of Aurora said four of its patients remained in intensive care.
Authorities have established no terrorism link, nor any motive, and Mr Holmes had no criminal record other than a speeding fine.
He will appear at Arapahoe County District Court, in nearby Centennial, Colorado, on Monday at 09:30 local time (15:30 GMT).

Cinema shooting suspect

• James Holmes, 24, was a former neuroscience PhD student at University of Colorado-Denver
• Attended high school in San Diego, California, where his parents still live
• He lived in an apartment in north of Aurora, about five miles from the cinema
• Only previous brush with the law was a summons for speeding in October 2011