News

Actions

Wisconsin man killed after setting off apartment explosion

Posted at 10:51 AM, Jan 16, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-16 11:51:18-05
RICE LAKE, Wis. (AP) -- Police say a man in a small northwestern Wisconsin community was killed after he followed through on his threat to explode a bomb in his apartment building.
 
Rice Lake police say 12 to 14 residents were evacuated before the explosion and subsequent fire that destroyed the one-story building Sunday night.
Police Capt. Tracy Hom says one of the officers who responded was hit in the eye by flying glass and was treated on scene.
 
 Hom said Monday that officials received a call about 11 p.m. Sunday from an angry person making threats.
 
Officers responded and evacuated tenants. Hom says as officers tried to make contact with the man, he set off the explosion. He was the only one in the apartment.
 
 Hom says the man had a history of contact with police.
 

Be sure and try our new SNOWCAST APP! It is the "snow equivalent to STORM SHIELD" - a great new product that gives you high resolution snow forecasts for any part of the nation! It has just been introduced for iPhones, but we are working on the Android version! Just search SNOWCAST in the App Store or click here.