Post by Adriana Velez
We're learning more about the sinister plan behind the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings now that the hearings have begun. Today prosecutors described the traps police found at Holmes' apartment. And the reasoning behind those traps is chilling. FBI agent Garrett Gumbinner says Holmes told authorities that he was hoping the trip wires around his apartment would set off explosions that would distract police and delay them from reaching the theater during his attack. "He said he had rigged his apartment to explode or catch fire in order to send resources to the apartment rather than the theater," Gumbinner testified.![]()
We're learning more about the sinister plan behind the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings now that the hearings have begun. Today prosecutors described the traps police found at Holmes' apartment. And the reasoning behind those traps is chilling. FBI agent Garrett Gumbinner says Holmes told authorities that he was hoping the trip wires around his apartment would set off explosions that would distract police and delay them from reaching the theater during his attack. "He said he had rigged his apartment to explode or catch fire in order to send resources to the apartment rather than the theater," Gumbinner testified.