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New Details Emerge in Pascagoula Courthouse Bomb Attempt

  • Apr 20
  • 1 min read

Pascagoula, MS -- New details have emerged in Thursday's incident outside the Jackson County Courthouse in Pascagoula. The suspect, identified as David Wyrick, stole a welding truck loaded with oxygen and propane tanks from a nearby worksite before crashing it into a communications tower at the county's emergency services building. The tanks caught fire before crews extinguished the blaze. Wyrick was later shot and killed by deputies outside the courthouse after allegedly trying to ignite propane tanks in an apparent attempt to cause an explosion.

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