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BRYCE REED.
GARY TUCHMAN NOW REPORTS.
>> Reporter: WHEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA CAME TO WEST, TEXAS FOR A
MEMORIAL SERVICE AFTER THE
FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLOSION,
BRYCE REED GAVE AN EMOTIONAL
SPEECH.
REED, AN EMS WORKER FOR THE TOWN
OF WEST, A MAN MANY REGARDED AS
A FIRST RESPONDER HERO THAT
NIGHT, TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS KILLED.
CYRUS REED.
>> I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO LEARN
FROM MY BROTHER.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO HURT BUT EVEN
IN THE FACE OF INCREDIBLE
ADVERSITY, I DARE ALL OF YOU TO
TAKE MY BROTHER'S EXAMPLE AND
LOVE.
>> Reporter: A BIG PROBLEM,
THOUGH.
ALTHOUGH THEY SHARED A LAST
NAME, CYRUS REED WAS NOT BRYCE
REED'S BROTHER.
BEFORE THAT, BRYCE REED TALKED
LIVE WITH ANDERSON ON "AC 360."
>> YOUR HOUSE IS GONE.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURE
FROM THE BLAST ACTUALLY BLEW THE
DOORS OFF THE HINGES.
MY DAUGHTER'S ROOM HAS GLASS
FRAGMENTS IMBEDDED IN THE WALL.
IT'S GONE.
>> Reporter: AFTER ANDERSON
TALKED TO BRYCE REED, I SPENT
SOME TIME WITH HIM, TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE TOLD ME, HE
REITERATED THAT HIS HOUSE WAS
GONE.
WELL, THIS IS HIS HOUSE.
BACK THEN, THE DOORS WERE
DAMAGED, SOME OF THE WINDOWS
WERE BLOWN OUT, BUT THIS HOUSE
WAS NEVER GONE.
REED ALSO TOLD US THERE WAS MORE
TO THE EXPLOSION THAN MEETS THE
EYE.
HE SAID HE PERSONALLY WITNESSED
DOZENS OF DEAD BODIES, EVEN
THOUGH 14 PEOPLE DIED.
AND HE ADDED FOR GOOD MEASURE
THAT POPE FRANCIS CALLED THE
FIRE STATION TO PERSONALLY
EXPRESS CONDOLENCES, AND THAT HE
TOOK THE CALL.
BRYCE REED'S STORIES ATTRACTED
PLENTY OF ATTENTION.
LAST FRIDAY, A NEIGHBOR WHO
WANTS HIS IDENTITY PROTECTED
SAID REED HAD SEVERAL STORIES
FOR HIM, BUT -- WHAT WAS THE
THING THAT SHOCKED YOU THE MOST
THAT HE SAID?
>> HE TOLD ME HE HAD A PIPE BOMB
AT HIS HOUSE.
I WAS VERY CONCERNED FOR THE
WELFARE OF MY FAMILY, SO I
DECIDED TO REPORT IT TO THE ATF.
>> Reporter: LATER THAT DAY,
BRYCE REED WAS ARRESTED, AND
CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE.
AUTHORITIES SAYING HE HAD INDEED
POSSESSED THE MATERIALS FOR A
PIPE BOMB, AND HAD GIVEN THEM TO
A FRIEND WHO UNWITTINGLY TOOK
POSSESSION.
ON THE SAME DAY BRYCE REED WAS
ARRESTED, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCED A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WOULD
GIVEN INTO THE EXPLOSION.
DOES THAT MEAN AUTHORITIES
BELIEVE BRYCE REED MIGHT HAVE
CAUSED THE EXPLOSION?
AT THIS POINT, THEY SAY THEY'RE
NOT SPECULATING.
REED'S ATTORNEY SAYS HIS CLIENT
VIGOROUSLY DENIES ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, ADDING
THAT HE HAD NO INVOLVEMENT
WHATSOEVER IN THE EXPLOSION AT
THE WEST, TEXAS FERTILIZER
PLANT.
BUT NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED AND
SHOCKED ABOUT THE FAMILY MAN WHO
LIVED AMONG THEM.
>> I THINK I SAID WHERE DID YOU
GET A PIPE BOMB FROM.
AND HE SAID CYRUS.
>> Reporter: AND CYRUS IS THE
FIREFIGHTER HE CLAIMED WAS HIS
BROTHER BUT IS ACTUALLY JUST A
FRIEND.
>> RIGHT.
HE SAID CYRUS HAD SOME SORT OF
FEDERAL LICENSE, HE WAS ALLOWED
TO HAVE PYROTECHNICAL EQUIPMENT,
GUNPOWDER, AND CYRUS HAD GIVEN
HIM THIS TO HOLD.
>> Reporter: BUT WHY DID HE TELL
YOU ABOUT THE PIPE BOMB?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD
APPROACH ME WITH THAT.
>> Reporter: YOU MUST HAVE
THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY STRANGE.
>> I WAS SHOCKED AND THOUGHT IT
WAS VERY STRANGE.
>> Reporter: NOW THE MAN THOUGHT
TO BE A HERO IS BEHIND BARS AND
A NEIGHBORHOOD WONDERS WHAT IT
WILL LEARN NEXT.
GARY TUCHMAN, CNN, WEST, TEXAS.
>> IT IS SUCH A BIZARRE STORY.
ALL OF US WHO SPENT TIME WITH
BRYCE ARE REALLY KIND OF JUST
SHOCKED BY IT.
I SHOULD POINT OUT IN
CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH HIM