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Police: Man Injured While Building Bomb At Kitchen Table (Wisconsin)
WISC-TV Madison ^
| March 7, 2003
Posted on 03/07/2003 11:27:59 AM PST by Shermy
POSTED: 12:09 p.m. EST March 7, 2003
HARTFORD, Wis. -- A Hartford man is critically injured when a bomb he was making exploded at his apartment.
ATF agents and local police say the 33-year-old man was severely injured when the bomb he was making at his kitchen table somehow ignited Thursday night.
His neighbors were evacuated from the area after federal and local officials say they found further evidence of explosives.
The man was taken to Aurora Medical Center in Hartford, then airlifted to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee where he's being treated in the intensive care unit.
A one-square block area of multi-family apartment buildings were evacuated. Residents weren't allowed to return until about 2 a.m.
Authorities executing a search warrant at the man's apartment, basement storage area and garage say they found large quantities of chemical compounds used in making explosives.
The Milwaukee County bomb squad handled a live explosive device also found during the search.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: bomb; bombplots; hartford; oops
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1
posted on
03/07/2003 11:28:00 AM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
OOPSIE!!!
2
posted on
03/07/2003 11:28:35 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: Shermy
I hate when that happens. It smarts!
3
posted on
03/07/2003 11:29:19 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!)
To: Shermy
Who's taking bets on whether this is a foreign or domestic wacko?
4
posted on
03/07/2003 11:30:02 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!)
To: Shermy
Hold muh explosive device.
To: Shermy
Always build you bomb near the fireplace. The kitchen is much too dangerous.
To: Poohbah
ping
7
posted on
03/07/2003 11:33:07 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!)
To: Shermy
What's his name? Why isn't this on the news channels?
8
posted on
03/07/2003 11:34:15 AM PST
by
tuckrdout
To: wimpycat
foreign or domestic wacko? This appears to be a not uncommon occurrance amongst mohammedan wackos in the Near East.
To: areafiftyone; wimpycat
New from the Milwaukee paper:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/mar03/123552.asp
15 live bombs found in house after explosion; man critically injured
Hartford - More than a dozen live bombs and a cache of bomb-making materials have been discovered at an apartment here after an explosion that critically injured a 33-year-old man, authorities reported today.
The man was building a bomb when the explosion occurred, Hartford Police Chief Thomas Jones said.
The 15 live bombs, discovered in crates taken from the apartment, a storage area and a garage in the 700 block of Grand Ave., had price tags affixed to them, Jones told a reporter. Members of the police department and federal agents discovered the items just before noon Friday.
Police and fire units responded to reports of the explosion about 6:15 p.m. Thursday.
Residents were evacuated from a one-block area, which included several apartment buildings. The American Red Cross was called in and worked with residents until they were allowed to return to their homes about 2 a.m., Jones said.
The front window of the apartment was blown out by the force of the explosion, which was heard blocks away - including by a police officer outside his home, Jones said.
The chief said "we were very, very lucky" no one else was injured by the blast.
Jones withheld the injured man's identity. But he was reported in critical condition Friday in Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit, spokesman Mark McLaughlin said. The man appeared to have extensive and severe injuries from the blast, according to reports.
Jones said samples taken from large containers of apparent explosives and other chemicals found during a search were being sent to the state crime lab for analysis.
"We found what appears to be black gun powder, smokeless powder, oxidizing agents and other items," he said.
Oxidizing agents are chemicals that can be mixed into a bomb's explosive components to increase the amount of oxygen which fuels a blast, Jones said.
One live bomb - cylindrical in shape with an apparent electrical device and wires inserted into it - was found in a closet in the man's apartment, Jones said. The Milwaukee Bomb Squad disposed of it in a remote part of a city park.
Materials collected during the search were turned over to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There were also a large number of a commercial grade fireworks found in the search, Jones said.
"This is some pretty volatile stuff," Jones said. "The ATF has the facilities to store it safely."
Jones said the man's apartment, storage unit and garage were "extremely cluttered. There was stuff stacked everywhere."
The department was in the early stages Friday of finding out more about the man, Jones said. He said investigators would interview him as his medical condition allowed.
"What his intent was, we have no idea at this point," Jones said. "Until we delve deeper into his life, we cannot answer that question."
An updated version of this story will appear online later today and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in the morning.
10
posted on
03/07/2003 11:35:07 AM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
Authorities executing a search warrant at the man's apartment, basement storage area and garage say they found large quantities of chemical compounds used in making explosives.The Milwaukee County bomb squad handled a live explosive device also found during the search.
What a sweetheart. It was better that he did unto himself that which he would have done unto others.
11
posted on
03/07/2003 11:35:51 AM PST
by
xJones
To: Shermy
Further proof, if you needed it, that stupidity is its own punishment.
12
posted on
03/07/2003 11:36:29 AM PST
by
RichInOC
("Hey, fella, hold my Miller and watch this!")
To: Shermy
Drill the hole in the pipe first, then fill it and screw the ends on very carefully...learnt that from Terminator and the news. Some idiot kid was building a pipe bomb and had it packed with the explosive and other schrapnel, then decided he needed to drill the hole for the fuse...unfortunately, he didn't die and we're probably paying for his feeding tube.
13
posted on
03/07/2003 11:36:38 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: Shermy
Additional information:
15 live bombs found in house after explosion; man critically injured
By LAURIA LYNCH-GERMAN, lgerman@journalsentinel.com Hartford - More than a dozen live bombs and a cache of bomb-making materials have been discovered at an apartment here after an explosion that critically injured a 33-year-old man, authorities reported today.
The man was building a bomb when the explosion occurred, Hartford Police Chief Thomas Jones said.
The 15 live bombs, discovered in crates taken from the apartment, a storage area and a garage in the 700 block of Grand Ave., had price tags affixed to them, Jones told a reporter. Members of the police department and federal agents discovered the items just before noon Friday.
Police and fire units responded to reports of the explosion about 6:15 p.m. Thursday.
... [excerpt]
14
posted on
03/07/2003 11:37:04 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Schumer..peering over your glasses won't make YOU a judge. You have to work hard, too.)
To: ArrogantBustard
I wonder how much the good citizens are having to pay to keep this wack job terrorist alive in the icu????
15
posted on
03/07/2003 11:37:08 AM PST
by
Ga Rob
("Consensus is the ABSENCE of Leadership" The Iron Lady)
To: Shermy
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Last Updated: March 7, 2003
Hartford - More than a dozen live bombs and a cache of bomb-making materials have been discovered at an apartment here after an explosion that critically injured a 33-year-old man, authorities reported today.
The man was building a bomb when the explosion occurred, Hartford Police Chief Thomas Jones said.
The 15 live bombs, discovered in crates taken from the apartment, a storage area and a garage in the 700 block of Grand Ave., had price tags affixed to them, Jones told a reporter. Members of the police department and federal agents discovered the items just before noon Friday.
Police and fire units responded to reports of the explosion about 6:15 p.m. Thursday.
Residents were evacuated from a one-block area, which included several apartment buildings. The American Red Cross was called in and worked with residents until they were allowed to return to their homes about 2 a.m., Jones said.
The front window of the apartment was blown out by the force of the explosion, which was heard blocks away - including by a police officer outside his home, Jones said.
The chief said "we were very, very lucky" no one else was injured by the blast.
Jones withheld the injured man's identity. But he was reported in critical condition Friday in Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit, spokesman Mark McLaughlin said. The man appeared to have extensive and severe injuries from the blast, according to reports.
Jones said samples taken from large containers of apparent explosives and other chemicals found during a search were being sent to the state crime lab for analysis.
"We found what appears to be black gun powder, smokeless powder, oxidizing agents and other items," he said.
Oxidizing agents are chemicals that can be mixed into a bomb's explosive components to increase the amount of oxygen which fuels a blast, Jones said.
One live bomb - cylindrical in shape with an apparent electrical device and wires inserted into it - was found in a closet in the man's apartment, Jones said. The Milwaukee Bomb Squad disposed of it in a remote part of a city park.
Materials collected during the search were turned over to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There were also a large number of a commercial grade fireworks found in the search, Jones said.
"This is some pretty volatile stuff," Jones said. "The ATF has the facilities to store it safely."
Jones said the man's apartment, storage unit and garage were "extremely cluttered. There was stuff stacked everywhere."
The department was in the early stages Friday of finding out more about the man, Jones said. He said investigators would interview him as his medical condition allowed.
"What his intent was, we have no idea at this point," Jones said. "Until we delve deeper into his life, we cannot answer that question."
An updated version of this story will appear online later today and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in the morning.
16
posted on
03/07/2003 11:37:37 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: wimpycat
Hartford is not a hotbed of anything, let alone muslim terrorists. My guess is it's just someone with a screw loose.
To: Shermy
He blowed up good didn't he...?
18
posted on
03/07/2003 11:38:09 AM PST
by
Jaxter
To: Shermy
What can we assume from the failure to identify him as a Republican?
19
posted on
03/07/2003 11:38:40 AM PST
by
js1138
To: Ga Rob
I hope they can keep this freak alive long enough to find out who his 'customers' were...
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