AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police and firefighters are trying to enter the booby trapped apartment of the man suspected of gunning down dozens of people at a Colorado movie theater. Authorities say tripwires, ammunition and jars of accelerant are scattered in James Holmes' Aurora apartment. Local agencies elicited the help of bomb experts in coming up with a plan to enter the apartment while keeping people safe and preserving evidence inside. Officials positioned vehicles and personnel around the apartment building. Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson told reporters Saturday morning that the first goal is to make the area safe, then remove items from the apartment that could explode. That includes about 30 shells that will be placed in sand trucks and taken to a disposal site.
Detonation and fire possible at Colo. apartment
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Police use a video camera to look inside an apartment where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday during the showing of the latest Batman movie. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Police break out a window of an apartment where the suspect in a shooting at a movie theatre lived in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday during the showing of the latest Batman movie. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Cyrus McCrimmon) TV, INTERNET AND MAGAZINES CALL FOR RATES AND TERMS
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A police officer escorts a woman from her home after they evacuated the area near an apartment where the suspect in a theatre shooting lived in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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John Priest, left, and Vory Boots watch the police action at an apartment where the suspect in a theatre shooting lived in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. The couple were evacuated from their apartment across from the suspects. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre on Friday. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Police block the road in front of an apartment where the suspect in a theatre shooting lived in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre on Friday. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Firefighter work in front of an apartment where the suspect in a theatre shooting lived in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre on Friday. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Dr. Yi Zhang speaks about living a floor below the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Roberto Martinez hops over the police tape as he carries his belongings from his home near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight." Colorado firefighters are monitoring the Aurora apartment building for gases in an effort to determine what chemicals they say 24-year-old James Holmes might have used to trap the place _ in case the materials go off. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Alma Cardona, left, directs an Aurora police officer carrying some of her items, after she was allowed in to get some belongings from her home near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight." Colorado firefighters are monitoring the Aurora apartment building for gases in an effort to determine what chemicals they say 24-year-old James Holmes might have used to trap the place _ in case the materials go off. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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An Aurora police officer, right, assists a woman carry her belongings from her home near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Adriana Ruiz carries her belongings from her home near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Ruiz said she was most worried about getting her mother's medicine. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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A bomb disposal vehicle arrives near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" early Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Law enforcement officials talk near the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" early Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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