VA - Dwelling Explosion During Police Activity - Bluemont, Arlington County - 4 December 2023

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Fox News:

Arlington home explodes after hours-long standoff with suspect who had flare gun, firearm: police

Community members in an Arlington neighborhood were told to shelter in place Monday night after police say rounds were fired from a flare gun and a firearm inside of a home before it exploded.

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[helpfulcharlie]

Unhinged person.

Who is James Yoo? Man linked to Virginia house explosion

The home's occupant had allegedly posted online diatribes against the police, the government, and even his own neighbors who he claimed were "spies."

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Suspect had been calling and writing to FBI for years, authorities say​

Both the FBI and Arlington police said Tuesday that they had previously interacted with Yoo, but none of the encounters led authorities to open investigations.

Yoo had communicated with the FBI for several years through phone calls, letters and online tips, said David Sundberg, assistant director in charge of the agency’s Washington, DC, field office.

“I would characterize these communications as primarily complaints about alleged frauds he believed were perpetrated against him,” Sundberg said. The communications did not prompt the agency to open any investigations, he added.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/us/arlington-virginia-home-explosion-wednesday/index.html

David Mitchell's wife, Tracy, said she went to elementary school with James Yoo, the 56-year-old man that Arlington County Police say presumably died in the explosion. "He was back then very recluse and everything – didn't do too much," Tracy said Wednesday.

Tracy said it's sad to see someone she grew up with end up this way.

"I wish he would have been able to get help and everything. It's just sad to see that," she said.

David said Yoo showed strange behavior and refused to engage with other residents.

"You would catch him outside, try a say good morning, you know, something like that – see if you get a response – he never did, just rushed off," he told WUSA9.
Neighbors offer insight into James Yoo following massive Arlington explosion

 

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Death Revelations

CBS News:

Police reveal what caused house explosion in northern Virginia; case has no ties to terrorism

Authorities say a man who died in a house explosion six months ago outside the nation’s capital deliberately detonated gasoline canisters in his basement that caused the blast.

www.wtvr.com

ABC News:

Video New video of VA home explosion intentionally being set

Investigators say James Yoo who lived in the building was seen on camera spreading up to 35 gallons of gasoline through the building before igniting it.

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