Posted on 10/01/2005 7:05:29 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Edited on 10/01/2005 7:21:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The explosion happened at the courtyard near the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botany-Microbiology Building on OU's campus, which is west of the stadium, according to Sgt. Gary Robinson of the University police department. The explosion happened during the second quarter of Oklahoma's game against Kansas State. After the explosion, police set up a perimeter of several blocks and made fans exit the stadium to the east.
NORMAN -- An explosion near the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Memorial Stadium killed one person Saturday, OU officials said.
sounds like it
One killed in explosion outside OU stadium
By World staff
10/1/2005 8:57:00 PM
NORMAN -- An explosion near the University of Oklahoma's Memorial Stadium killed one person Saturday night, officials said.
Sgt. Gary Robinson of the OU Police Department confirmed there had been one fatality after an explosion that occurred about 7:20 p.m. during the second quarter of the OU-Kansas State football game.
The identity of the person who was found dead outside the botany-microbiology building was not immediately available.
Law enforcement officers cordoned off an area west of the stadium and were using bomb-sniffing dogs and a robot to search the area.
Authorities were not allowing anyone to exit the stadium.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/BreakingNewsStory.asp?ID=051001_Br_ouboomweb
Whorealdo breaking news.
Explosion kills one during OU game
by Rhett Brackeen and Ryan McGhee
October 01, 2005
One person was killed Saturday night in an explosion during the second quarter of the OU/Kansas State game.
OU police Sgt. Gary Robinson said: "We heard a loud explosion outside the stadium, a device was exploded. We have one fatality and we have the area sectioned off. We are checking to see if there are any devices."
The explosion occurred in the courtyard east of G.L. Cross Hall, Robinson said.
He said after the area was cleared of any other possible devices the police would check on other injuries.
"We're letting the hazardous device units do what they do," Robinson said.
Robinson said after the game fans would be let out on the east side of the stadium towards Jenkins Avenue. During half time fans were not allowed to leave the stadium on the west side.
Hard to tell at this point. I know when I was in college I was a lab assistant and went in to work on a Saturday. Someone had left a gas line to the bunsen burner on (without the burner hooked up) and I went into a lab that was a "bomb" in the making. I had the sense to evacuate and call for help. They turned off the gas from the outside and eventually opened up the building.
"Has Al-Qaeda spoken up yet? I suspect Detroit will soon secede and declare itself a Caliphate."
Good enough, just remember no nukes, I live too close for comfort.
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Dear God-prayers.
Like fermenting their own underneath the dorm beds? :-)
Ya know...reading all these replys, I did not know there was a ball game goin on.... It could very well be a terroist plot that went bad. After all Organic chemicals are the key ingrediant to the high detonation rate type boomers...
Those gas lines are often on timers now. Still can cause problems, though.
Was said bomber seen just prior to explosion?
The police are calling it a 'device' and were checking for other 'devices'.
This implies that it was intentional and not an accident.
thanks....
Probably just an idiot student with a pipe bomb for a rival dorm.
Bomb Defendant Pleads Guilty To MisdemeanorPOSTED: 3:57 pm CDT September 26, 2005
UPDATED: 4:08 pm CDT September 26, 2005OKLAHOMA CITY -- A University of Oklahoma student charged with bringing an explosive device to an airport pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge in federal court in Oklahoma City.
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Per update from KWTV-9, authorities on the scene say it was a bomb, and that a second device was also found and has been "taken care of". Occurred outside the stadium around halftime.
Some architecture students working on a project in a nearby building said they saw smoke and saw only one casualty. It's presumed that's the perp. Right now focus is on securing the area and finding an orderly way for fans to make their exit at the end of the game without compromising any possible evidence.
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