] By Alicia Caldwell, John Ingold and Will Shanley ] ] Denver Post Staff Writers ] Post / Craig F. Walker ] ] Captain Gary Torgerson of the Colorado State Patrol ] and James Holahan, Manager of the Grand County ] Office of Emergency Management, examine the fortified ] bulldozer after the rampage. ] ] Granby - It took three explosive charges and an hour with ] a cutting torch to get inside the cab of an armored ] bulldozer that destroyed or damaged 13 buildings in this ] mountain town before grinding to a halt under a canopy of ] debris. ] ] Inside, authorities found Marvin Heemeyer dead, ] apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the ] head. However, fearing Heemeyer had left them a ] postmortem booby trap, authorities waited hours before ] using a crane to gingerly remove his body Saturday ] morning from his self-styled, bulletproof cab. ] ] While there were no leftover explosives, local officials ] looked with horror and awe upon the machine of ] destruction created by Heemeyer, a 52-year-old ] muffler-shop owner whose anger is thought to have been ] fueled by a zoning dispute with the town. Photo Gallery/Audio Interviews |