Posted September 29, 2019 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms via AP

It was almost a year ago when a man killed himself, his toddler son, and another man with a homemade car bomb in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Such a horrendous crime shook the community and the man’s family, especially because it was carried out in such a spectacular manner. Explosions tend to grab people’s attention.

Now, almost a year after the act, the ATF has released some information about the explosion.

In the days following the Allentown car explosion, the ATF labeled the blast a murder-suicide triggered by Jacob Schmoyer, who targeted his toddler son and an acquaintance.

Since October, ATF investigators have said little about the blast that killed Schmoyer, his 2-year-old son JJ and David H. Hallman. But nearly one year after the massive explosion, the ATF shared some details about the investigation with The Morning Call.

Don Robinson, the special agent in charge at the ATF field division in Philadelphia, said authorities have no indication that Schmoyer suffered from mental illness, nor did anyone know about his plan or help create the bombs.

Schmoyer sent four letters in the days following the explosion, but authorities say they …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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