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| Missouri men charged in black-market fireworks explosion that killed 4 |
| 2022-06-21 |
[NYPOST] Two Missouri men are facing murder charges after a home near St. Louis went kaboom!Friday, killing four people — including three teens — who were assembling black-market fireworks in a garage. Terrell Cooks, 37, and Seneca Mahan, 43, are each charged with three counts of second-degree murder and several other charges in Friday’s explosion near Black Jack, about a 30-minute drive north of St. Louis. They were charged before a fourth victim died Saturday. St. Louis County prosecutors say Cooks and Mahan made fireworks and directed younger people on how to load the canisters and attach a fuse for lighting. They would then sell the fireworks to others, despite neither having a license to make or sell fireworks. Investigators have been identified as Travell Eason, 16; Christopher Jones, 17; Damario Cooks, 18; and William Jones, 21. Friday’s powerful blast shook other homes and blew out neighbors’ windows. Authorities said a 12-year-old child was also injured in the earth-shattering kaboom, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police could not provide details Sunday about how many others were still hospitalized. Court documents say Cooks admitted that he and Mahan made bombs designed to make a loud bang and bright flash. Investigators saw Cooks moving boxes of chemicals used to make explosives to his vehicle after Friday’s explosion, and they found large quantities of "completed explosive weapons and components to manufacture them" when they searched a home and other vehicles connected to Cooks. Related: St. Louis: 2022-06-16 'Savage monster' accused of decapitating pregnant ex-girlfriend, throwing head in dumpster St. Louis: 2022-06-16 Millions face another day of dangerous, record-setting heat from Midwest to Southeast St. Louis: 2022-05-19 Rashida Tlaib introduces resolution for US to formally recognize Palestinian Nakba |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ...A little bit of trivia: when I was in the Air Force, and illegal/dangerous fireworks were confiscated by the SPs, it was often my job to get them safely to the Munitions Storage Area for safe storage until EOD could dispose of them. And to a man, we would rather work around an unexploded bomb than the fireworks. I hate that stuff with the white-hot intensity of ten thousand suns. At BEST, the cheap stuff is poorly and haphazardly made with little regard for safety or quality control. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-06-21 12:27 |
| #1 Celebratory fireworks or downloaded IEDs? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-21 09:30 |