Homemade Bomb Teen Had Columbine Massacre Photos

2009_09_bomb.jpg On Tuesday evening, Suffolk County police were called to a home in North Babylon because an explosion occurred in the basement. A 17-year-old was injured and, after hours on the scene, police later said that an "improvised explosive device" had been set off. Now, as cops continue to investigate the incident, it's reported that the North Babylon High School student had photographs of the Columbine massacre and killers on his bedroom door.

According to Newsday, "Despite [Vincent] Pizzone's statement that he meant no harm and planned to set the pipe bomb off in his backyard, authorities said they are still investigating whether he intended to use the device to cause property damage or hurt anyone." His high school was also put on "modified lockdown" as a precaution. Pizzone's father is a retired NYPD cop; it's believed Pizzone had made the bomb using gun powder from old bullets. His laptop and other items were seized.

Pizzone seriously injured his hand. A relative told Newsday, "He's not an emotionally disturbed kid, he's a good kid." Earlier this year, a 17-year-old was arrested for planting a crude bomb outside an Upper East Side Starbucks.

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"..planned to set the pipe bomb off in his backyard"

Sure he did. Good kids from time to time just like to made improvised explosive devices with sinister intentions, but that doesn't mean he's not a good kid. He's a good kid!

This is what happens when you don't spank your children. His father failed him.

have you not seen youtube? lots of kids blow shit up in their back yards.

True, but not all of them make their bombs with Gun Powder and old bullets. People only make those types of bombs with the intention of hurting/killing people.

And how many have pictures of the Columbine massacre?

gun powder *from* old bullets. if the bomb was just a container of gunpowder, that ain't so different than what you see on youtube.

and the columbine posters seem incriminating.. but would you feel the same way if he had tim mcveigh posters? che guevara posters? mariyln manson? stills from the independence day movie with landmarks blowing the fuck up?

what's okay to have on my wall?

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I think Kojak just likes the idea of locking people up and throwing them away as punishment instead of addressing the problem. Pretty irresponsible.

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I did address the problem. I called for increased spanking amongst white children.

I know a few people with emotional problems that would not think of building or planting a bomb. Therefore, this kid is something else entirely. "Emotional problems" doesn't remotely cover it -- this kids got issues that are far deeper and enter the realm of criminality.

years ago, in the ancient days of the 50s and 60s...kids did this sort of thing all the time. Except they weren't fantasizing about school massacres whilst doing it.

Yeah they were fantasizing about pinko commie massacres instead.

Seriously, I remember draining the gunpowder from regular old redpack firecrackers, tamping it down into a Testor's model paint bottle, and setting it off in my backyard. Luckily, I was smart enough to put the bottle under a rock, as it was made of glass and if I didn't I would have probably killed myself, my dad, my brother and my dog.

Fact: teenage boys like to blow shit up.

Where's Valerieob and Hotstepper? Surely they'll come to his defense again pretty soon. He only admired the columbine killers and their actions. It's not like the non-arab kid can't have mentors or anything. Let's not call him a terrorist yet. The facts are still unfolding. Carry on.

mr. civil-rights-for-everyone-but-whites: innocent until proven guilty. god you bore the shit out of me.

Everyone but whites? Please point me to any post I've ever made that says whites should not have civil rights?

And, I never said the kid was guilty either. I only questioned why the media hasn't called him a terrorist yet.

papercutninja makes a good point. the kid might not be wacko just very unsupervised by his parents.

If the kid was Muslim, then we would never hear the end of it.

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