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| Colorado police may detonate mass murder suspect's apartment |
| 2012-07-21 |
| (CBS/AP) AURORA, Colo. - Investigators are preparing to detonate shooting suspect James Holmes' apartment building, perhaps as early as today, if they can't safely gain access, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor. Holmes is being held in what is now the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history. I sure as hell hope they have thought this completely through. Think of dimethyl mercury... |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #15 As per #5 - YEAH, D *** NG IT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-07-21 21:40 |
| #14 Seems like the detonation/disarm option is working out according to the news. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-07-21 15:33 |
| #13 Robot disabled first trip wire that was set to empty two liquids together --- set to start a fire... removing the fire potential. Once that was done, found the second trip wire.... used a cherry picker for some reason, soaked floor with water, and disengaged the second trip wire, seems with a robot.... folks can now enter the apartment. Just me, but that SWAT team in the cherry picker.... well, you couldn't see their FBI T-shirts (cameras not allowed at that angle).... maybe from "down the road" as PK2 suggested. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2012-07-21 14:37 |
| #12 The news coverage on that apartment EOD effort has become an anarchists primer. I hope and pray Holmes didn't concoct some homemade chemical or neurological agents that can be aerosolized. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-21 13:13 |
| #11 Appears they are going with the EOD option. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-21 12:49 |
| #10 Either way, I'd be fine with it. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2012-07-21 12:31 |
| #9 More likely he'd detonate them himself. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-07-21 11:40 |
| #8 Holmes might be smart but it is unlikely he is an explosives expert with extensive training. Send Holmes back into his apartment to disarm the devices. If he freezes up once he's in there, fire a Carl Gustav 84mm through the window. Both problems solved. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-21 11:26 |
| #7 Detonation? Seems extreme. Is there not another way that would preserve evidence? See what might be battery activated and what might be activated by the apartment current? Shut down the power? Holmes might be smart but it is unlikely he is an explosives expert with extensive training. It is a surprise that he didn't detonate himself with some of the explosives he might have fabricated from available information. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-07-21 11:18 |
| #6 ...next blackmarket apartments! [see VDH on such in CA that somehow spring up in garages but never get inspected by the building code people because it would be RACIST to do so] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-07-21 11:07 |
| #5 We must outlaw apartments! |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-07-21 10:41 |
| #4 He says he rigged his apartment with a complex system of booby traps and explosivesÂ… This may be insensitive but is it too soon to have a national debate on sensible |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2012-07-21 10:20 |
| #3 Absolutely rediculous! As P2k indicates, an Army EOD unit could handle that task quietly and with ease. [robots and cams, etc] Of course if you're looking at a Wako style media event and large kaboom....well, toss in a pound or two of C4. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-21 09:59 |
| #2 Couldn't give these guys a call? That wouldn't wipe out evidence, though. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-07-21 09:57 |
| #1 Couldn't give these guys a call? Just down the road. Could be classified as [cough] training [cough]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-07-21 09:53 |