A California man is currently in police custody after detonating a teddy bear filled with explosives in a business parking lot.
The San Bernardino Police Department wrote in a Facebook releaseTuesday that officers responded to the location after a business owner was notified by witnesses that a possible explosive device inside a large Teddy Bear 🧸 detonated at the front of the business.
“EXPLOSIVE INVESTIGATION… LITERALLY!” they wrote in the release. “Through further investigation, Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of the incident and developed leads, which led to a search warrant.”
After police searched the suspects home, they discovered over 200 rounds of ammunition, a ghost gun firearm, and more than a kilo of methamphetamine with packaging for sales stickers on it.
Police also found illegal fireworks, a ballistic vest and money, along with metal saws and pipes constant with explosive devices, during the search of the home.
All evidence was collected by the authorities and the suspect, who remains to be unidentified, was arrested on multiple felonies.
Along with the release, police shared a video of the incident accompanied by dramatic music. The footage showed the suspect walking across a parking lot and placing down the teddy bear, labeled “explosive device” on screen, before getting inside a white vehicle nearby.
A woman can then be seen walking to her car at a distance before the teddy bear explodes with smoke billowing in the parking lot. The suspect then drives away.
San Bernardino Police Department sergeant Chris Gray said, “The explosion took place on September, 14 after 12:30 p.m. on the 100 block of West Baseline Street. The male who did this is still being investigated at this time so we can determine what his motive was behind the act.”
“You just never know what tomorrow brings. So ask that all citizens keep a watchful eye and stay safe,” Gray added.
