[seowulf]

Pardo retreated to the front door and retrieved a device that mixed carbon dioxide or oxygen with high-octane racing fuel...

I think we've found a journalist who was a D student in chemistry.

[null and void]

I think we've found a journalist who was a D student in chemistry.

Highest score in the whole newsroom...

[Maelstorm]

Give him a break he was channeling Al Gore.

[AZLiberty]

The journalist probably figured that someone this evil must be using that evil substance, carbon dioxide.

[353FMG]

No, you don’t understand — carbon dioxide causes global warming, er.. climate change. Not only was the guy a murderer, he was environmentally irresponsible which makes him even worse.

[randog]

No, I think the carbon dioxide reference is there because it is, in the journalist's playbook, a "dangerous greenhouse gas". It was referenced for pure shock value. Then there was this little gem:

...five empty boxes for high-powered semiautomatic handguns and two high-powered shotguns.

So what exactly is a "high-powered" shotgun? I seriously doubt that Christina Hoag knows herself. Again, right out of the journalist's playbook.

[Eva]

I don’t think that this journalist was the original source for that statement. I think it came from the police spokesperson. I noticed the mention of O2 or CO2 in the first coverage.