Bomb Wounds 6 At Michigan High School, Police Find More IEDs

Newaygo, MI – Five students and a teacher were injured on Monday when a 16-year-old boy set off a homemade bomb at Newaygo High School.

Police received a call about the explosion just before 9 a.m. on March 8 after a student “brought a homemade explosive device into the classroom,” according to a press release distributed by Newaygo Public Schools.

Michigan State Police said the bomber was sitting at his desk when the bomb went off and sustained moderate-to-severe injuries, MLive reported.

Police said the motivation behind the bomb appeared to be a “severe lack of judgment,” NBC News reported.

“It was an isolated incident and it was not intended to hurt people, we do not believe,” police officials said at a press conference. “It’s under investigation so we have new facts coming in but it was definitely not something he intended to have happen.”

Five students and a teacher were hurt Monday when a homemade bomb exploded at Newaygo High School in Michigan. Investigators say it appears to have been an accident and a case of bad judgment by the 16-year-old who brought the device to school, details in NE-015MO pic.twitter.com/JG959LbjVL

— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) March 9, 2021

The wounded teenage bomber was transported to the hospital by ambulance, NBC News reported.

Four of the student’s classmates and a teacher who was nearby were also injured, according to the press release.

Newaygo Public Schools said the other four wounded students were transported to the hospital by their parents, the press release said.

The teacher also went to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Newaygo Public Schools said they evacuated the high school immediately after the explosion and all the schools in the county were put into lockdown.

The Michigan State Police bomb squad executed a search warrant at the bomber’s home on Monday afternoon after they were tipped there might be more improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the residence, WXMI reported.

The bomb squad found multiple more devices inside the home located near Spruce Avenue and 95th Street in Brooks Township and detonated them.

Investigators continue with the search warrant. This will be the last update for the evening, additional information should be available tomorrow.

— @MSPWestMI (@mspwestmi) March 9, 2021

The officers ran out of daylight before they could finish the search and had to continue their work on Tuesday, WXMI reported.

Classes at Newaygo High School resumed on March 9.

A "Non Malicious Firework" (several pipe bombs) went off at my school and the kid lost two thumbs, we're going to school tomorrow.

Here's a photo taken by a friends mutual.
Newaygo Michigan Highschool 2021 pic.twitter.com/nRTYn9hoqH

— Malicious (@MaliciousIsTook) March 9, 2021

Michigan State Police were working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to determine what the bomber used to create the IEDs, WXMI reported.

MSP bomb squad is still detonating explosives at the home of a student following Monday’s incident at Newaygo High School. pic.twitter.com/BaMKwToKF6

— Jim Sutton (@JimSuttonPhotog) March 9, 2021

The MSP bomb squad returned to a residence at the 2300 block of E. 95th in connection to the investigation of the explosive device at the Newaygo High School yesterday. Additional explosive materials were located at the residence and unstable materials were countered charged pic.twitter.com/Pib6XKe6N0

— @MSPWestMI (@mspwestmi) March 9, 2021

Multiple hazardous-materials agencies from around the area responded to assist at the Newaygo High School crime scene, MLive reported.