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I'M CANDACE ADORKA, AND THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX.
AUTHORITIES ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING AT A COLORADO MOVIE THEATER THAT LEFT AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE DEAD.
THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION INSIDE THE APARTMENT OF THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE MASSACRE... AS BOMB TECHNICIANS ATTEMPTED TO DISARM THE BOOBY-TRAPPED RESIDENCE.
TERESA GARCIA HAS MORE FROM AURORA COLORADO.
<<A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION WENT OFF INSIDE THE BOOBY-TRAPPED APARTMENT OF ACCUSED MOVIE THEATER GUNMAN, JAMES HOLMES..
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THE BLAST WAS DESIGNED TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT GET INSIDE THE APARTMENT, WHICH THEY SAY CONTAINED A COMPLICATED ARRAY OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, TRIGGER WIRES, CHEMICALS AND AMMUNITION.
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the threat has not been completely eliminated, it has been significantly reduced.
HOLMES IS IN CUSTODY AWAITING HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY MORNING. THE 24-YEAR OLD FORMER GRAD STUDENT IS ACCUSED OF THE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MASSACRE OF MOVIEGOERS WATCHING THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF THE NEW 'BATMAN' FILM.
STANDUP BRIDGE:
HOLMES HAS AN ATTORNEY AND SO FAR IS NOT TALKING TO POLICE. BUT JUST A DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING, SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS SAY HE DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM.
CARL ALLEN LIVES ACROSS THE STREET AND SPOKE WITH HOLMES WEDNESDAY.
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"he stood there for a minute... Didn't say much. He just had a weird look in his eye.*
WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. MOVIEGOER ALEX SULLIVAN WAS CELEBRATING HIS 27TH BIRTHDAY - TOMORROW WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY... JESSICA GHAWI WAS AN ASPIRING SPORTSWRITER AND BLOGGER... ANNIE DALTON MOURNING HER SIX YEAR OLD GREAT-NIECE, VERONICA MOSER... HER MOTHER, 25-YEAR OLD ASHLEY, IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.
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"her whole has changed in a flash, for what? Ya know? I mean, she still doesn't know her daughter's gone."
AND ONLY ONE PERSON KNOWS WHY.
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POLICE SAY HOLMES RECEIVED MANY DELIVERIES TO HIS HOME AND WORK ADDRESSES OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS... AND THEY THINK THAT'S HOW HE RECIEVED THE THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION THEY FOUND.
IN LOCAL NEWS... LIGHTNING STRUCK A THREE STORY HOME IN WARNER ROBINS CAUSING THE ATTIC TO CATCH FIRE.
THAT WAS ON TUESDAY... WHEN THE FLAMES WERE CONFINED TO THE ATTIC.
BUT YESTERDAY... THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE...FOR A SECOND TIME.
THIS TIME THE FLAMES CONSUMED THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
WARNER ROBINS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF....RANDY DAVIS...SAYS THE LIGHTINING STRIKE DAMAGED WIRES...WHICH LIKELY CAUSED THE FLAMES TO SPARK.
HOMEOWNER...MARVIN CAMPBELL... SYAS THE DOUBLE FIRE CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
marvin campbell - "I try not to focus on the sad things that we lost because really because really to be honest with you we are truely truely blessed that nobody was in the house, all my family was out of the house so we're truly blessed on that but we were sitting in bed last night and this morning just kinda reflecting on photos and memories in the house..."
THE CAMPBELLS ARE CURRENTLY STAYING AT A HOTEL...BUT THEY OWN ANOTHER HOUSE IN TOWN AND PLAN TO MOVE INTO THAT ONE BY NEXT WEEK.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN PEAKE IS WEIGHING IN ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING A BIBB SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDIT.
PART OF THE AUDIT LOOKED AT BOARD MEMBER EMAILS... AND THE RESULTING REPORT FEATURED 26 EMAILS THAT THE COMPANY SAYS VIOLATES BOARD POLICIES... OPEN MEETING LAWS... AND OTHER RULES.
IT HINTED THAT SOME OF THE EMAILS VERGED ON BID RIGGING... AND OTHERS SHOW A BOARD MEMBER USING THEIR POSITION FOR PERSONAL AND POLITICAL REASONS.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GARY BECHTEL SAYS HE SENT ALL THE EMAILS... AND ONE OF THEM INCLUDED SUE SIPE... ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.
BECHTEL BELIEVES THEY ARE BEING TARTGETTED BY THE SUPERINTENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT FOR CONSISTENTLY OPPOSING SUPERINTENDENT ROMAIN DALLEMAND AND HIS POLICIES.
THIS MORNING ALLEN PEAKE SPOKE OUT ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER... SUPPORTING GARY BECHTEL.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM THIS AFTERNON, AND ASKED WHY.
"i know Gary Bechtel. I've known him all my life. I know he has impecable character. I know he's a man of integrity, I know he would never do anything o benefit himself personally by using his elected position. So that's the premise i'm coming from I know the man. He's a good solid public servant and we need more public servants like him so there was no doubt that I needed to defend gary."
PEAKE SAYS HE AGREES WITH BECHTEL... SIPE... AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER LYNN FARMER THAT THE REPORT UNFAIRLY SINGLED OUT TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
BOARD PRESIDENT TOMMY BARNES SAID THURSDAY THAT WASN'T THE CASE, BECAUSE ALL BOARD MEMBERS E-MAILS DATING BACK TO 2008 WERE AUDITED.
A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION... AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR FRIDAY NIGHT IN WARNER ROBINS.
POLICE SPOKESWOMAN TABITHA PUGH SAYS THE BOY WAS WALKING WITH A PARENT ON NORTH DAVIS DRIVE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.... WHEN HE RAN INTO THE ROAD AND WAS HIT BY A 1996 CHEVY CAVALIER.
PUGH SAYS 52-YEAR-OLD SAMMIE DINKINS WAS DRIVING THE CAR.
THE 4-YEAR-OLD IS BEING TREATED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORIGA... WHERE HE IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CONTACT WARNER ROBINS POLICE AT 478-293-1037.
IN BIBB COUNTY... THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING.
SHERIFF'S SPOKESMAN SEAN DEFOE SAYS, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, 18-YEAR-OLD KENDRAY WALDEN WAS AT A PARTY AT THE TRAVEL LODGE HOTEL AROUND 4 A.M....
WHEN WALEN WENT TO THE PARKING LOT TO LOOK FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND, HE GOT INTO A ARGUMENT WITH SEVERAL MEN... AND ONE OF THEM SHOT HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT KNEE.
DEPUTIES WITH THE BIBB SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTED TWO TEENS FOR SEVERAL BURGLARIES AND CAR BREAK-INS... IN THE RAINEY AND DOBSON ROAD AREAS SATURDAY MORNING.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A THIRD.
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, DEPUTY ROY WILLIAMS WAS PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN HE SAW THREE MEN WALKING DOWN THE ROAD WITH BACK PACKS ON THEIR BACKS... AFTER SEEING SEVERAL ITEMS LYING IN A DRIVE WAY OF ONE OF THE HOMES.
WHEN HE CONFRONTED THE GROUP... ONE OF THEM RAN.
HE ARRESTED THE OTHER TWO FOR THE THEFTS.
WILLIAMS ARRESTED 19-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN BERTRAND AND 17-YEAR OLD JAMARI NARCISSE.
BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF BURGLARY, ENTERING AUTO AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO THE SHOOTING OR THE BURGLARIES... IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE BIBB SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 478-746-9441.
AGAIN THAT'S 478-746-9441
FUELING UP FOR THAT ROAD TRIP IS STARTING TO GET LESS BEARABLE FOR YOUR WALLET.
GAS PRICES ARE UP 11 CENTS A GALLON FROM THE START OF JULY.... AND ECONOMISTS SAY IT COULD GET WORSE.
GASOLINE FUTURE PRICES ARE UP 40 CENTS A GALLON SINCE LATE JUNE.
EXPERTS SAY COST INCREASES OR DECLINES ARE RARELY PASSED ALL THE WAY TO THE CONSUMER.
THEY SAY DRIVERS COULD SEE ANOTHER NICKEL OR DIME HIKE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A... THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS IN MACON SITS AT ABOUT 3-23... THAT'S UP 7 CENTS SINCE LAST WEEK
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