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ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT
FOR THE RESIDENTS,
HEARTBREAKING.
BEFORE AUTHORITIES BRIEF THE
MEDIA ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION,
THEY TALKED TO MORE THAN 150
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE
RICHMOND HILL SUBDIVISION.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEM FINDING
OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS A
SHOCK.
FOR THE MOST PART, RESIDENTS
WERE EXPECTING THIS.
CHRIS WAS ONE OF DOZENS OF
HOMEOWNERS WHO ATTENDED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY MEETING.
HE WALKED OUT OF THE CHURCH NOT
SURPRISED TO HEAR THE NEWS, THE
BLAST IS NOW A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
IT'S KIND OF SCARY THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT SET OFF A GAS
EXPLOSION IN THEIR HOUSE, YOU
KNOW, AND TWO PEOPLE DIED, YOU
KNOW, IT'S REALLY SCARY.
WE THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS WAS MORE THAN JUST AN
ACCIDENT, AND WITH THE POLICE
PRESENCE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE
PAST WEEK, THE A.T.F. AGENTS
STILL HANGING AROUND, IT WAS
JUST MORE THAN AN ACCIDENT.
DOUG ALDRICH IS THE CRIME
WATCH CAPTAIN.
HE SAID HE HAD A FRONT ROW VIEW
OF THE EXPLOSION.
I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THE
HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET TOOK THE
BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE.
I FEEL VERY BLESSED.
HE SAID THAT WHITE VAN POLICE
ARE NOW LOOKING FOR HAS BEEN
SEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE.
THAT VAN HAD BEEN AN ISSUE, A
TOPIC OF ISSUE THE PAST COUPLE,
THREE WEEKS.
WE JUST REISSUED OUR CRIME STOP
PROGRAM WHICH I'M THE HEAD OF.
WE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT
THE COMINGS ANDINGINGS OF THAT
VAN.
THE HEALING PROCESS IS
STARTED, AND REBUILDING OF THE
NAKED.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO COME
BACK, BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID
THEIR HOMES ARE GOING TO BLOW
UP.
NOW WITH THIS BEING APPROXIMATE
PURSUED AS A CRIMINAL TYPE OF
PROCESS, PEOPLE ARE THINKING
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY
NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE MOVED IN HERE FOR CERTAIN
REASONS.
AND AGAIN, THE BIG
DEVELOPMENT TODAY IN THE
INVESTIGATION IS CENTERED AROUND
A WHITE VAN.
INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING ANYONE
WHO SAW THIS WHITE VAN THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE THE EXPLOSION
TO CONTACT THEM AT CRIME
STOPPERS, 262-TIPS.
THEY ARE OFFERING A $1,000
REWARD.
ALSO THE ATF IS OFFERING A
$10,000 REWARD.
FOR NOW, JUST THE BEGINNING