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October 17, 2008
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Bomb explodes at GA. law firm, 1 dead http://www.privateofficer.com
BREAKING NEWS
DALTON, Ga. OCT 17 2008
BY: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
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Police responding to a 911 call of a suspicious person loitering around a local firm say that when officers arrived a man ran to the rear of the law offices and at that point a bomb of some type exploded.
The explosion at the small-town law firm in northern Georgia injured at least four people Friday, and authorities including local, state, and federal are on scene investigating.
Witnesses said the blast around 10 a.m. blew out the windows at McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham in Dalton, 26 miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Police Lt. Bruce Frazier said the blast was caused by some type of explosive device. Investigators confirmed early this afternoon that one person, possibly the suspicious male that police chased, was found dead in the back parking lot of the building.
Bomb squads were checking for sweeping the premises for other explosives, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said.
Four people hurt in the explosion were in stable condition at Hamilton Medical Center, spokeswoman Emily Michael said. One of the four was being taken to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, spokeswoman Beth Frits said.
The eight-lawyer firm, founded in 1932, works out of a two-story, colonial-style house. Police cordoned off the block and shut down a post office near the law firm, which specializes in personal injury and wrongful death cases, according to its Web site. An elementary school across the street was locked down, though it wasn’t damaged.
At this time there is no indication of what type of explosives were used or the motive.
BY: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com
Police responding to a 911 call of a suspicious person loitering around a local firm say that when officers arrived a man ran to the rear of the law offices and at that point a bomb of some type exploded.
The explosion at the small-town law firm in northern Georgia injured at least four people Friday, and authorities including local, state, and federal are on scene investigating.
Witnesses said the blast around 10 a.m. blew out the windows at McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham in Dalton, 26 miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Police Lt. Bruce Frazier said the blast was caused by some type of explosive device. Investigators confirmed early this afternoon that one person, possibly the suspicious male that police chased, was found dead in the back parking lot of the building.
Bomb squads were checking for sweeping the premises for other explosives, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said.
Four people hurt in the explosion were in stable condition at Hamilton Medical Center, spokeswoman Emily Michael said. One of the four was being taken to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, spokeswoman Beth Frits said.
The eight-lawyer firm, founded in 1932, works out of a two-story, colonial-style house. Police cordoned off the block and shut down a post office near the law firm, which specializes in personal injury and wrongful death cases, according to its Web site. An elementary school across the street was locked down, though it wasn’t damaged.
At this time there is no indication of what type of explosives were used or the motive.
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