Dennis Lamb Bombing Research Paper
The biggest employer in Grand Junction, Colorado isn't the ski industry, or the wineries that have sprouted up over the last dozen or so years.
Surprisingly, it's the local school district. Dennis Lamb was a teacher in the district's Career Center. On a February evening in 1991 Dennis and his co-workers attended a vocational award banquet In the convention center in downtown Grand Junction. Afterwards as they walked to their cars in an underground parking lot there was a deafening explosion. The explosion was a bomb detonated about 30 yards away.At the time of the explosion Dennis did not think there was anybody out to get him but apparently he was wrong. Dennis survived the explosion but afterwards Nolan claimed responsibility for the bombing. Experts …show more content…
The bombing was only about 2 miles away from the first bomb site. Once again no one claimed responsibility, and there was no reason why the Gonzales family was targeted. Police at the time had no idea if it was the same bomber that tried to kill them or if it was a copy cat who had hurd of the most recent bomb. The to detonation devices in Grand Junction Colorado where highly sophisticated explosives. Each use a 9 volt battery that was placed on a vehicle and then went off when the vehicle moved. In the rubble, investigators found pieces of curved glass, the outer shell of a mercury switch. It’s a hair triggered device. They figured that the bomber would have hand carried it from his home to the target vehicle. Investigators searched their files for anyone who had prior arrests from making explosive devices. One was 19-year-old Shannon Keith, a factory worker, who lived just ten minutes outside of town in Clifton. He had been arrested 5 months earlier for possessing pipe bombs and was sentenced to two months probation. He claimed that his wasn’t in Grand Junction when the bombs were plated and his alibi checked out, so he was eliminated
Surprisingly, it's the local school district. Dennis Lamb was a teacher in the district's Career Center. On a February evening in 1991 Dennis and his co-workers attended a vocational award banquet In the convention center in downtown Grand Junction. Afterwards as they walked to their cars in an underground parking lot there was a deafening explosion. The explosion was a bomb detonated about 30 yards away.At the time of the explosion Dennis did not think there was anybody out to get him but apparently he was wrong. Dennis survived the explosion but afterwards Nolan claimed responsibility for the bombing. Experts …show more content…
The bombing was only about 2 miles away from the first bomb site. Once again no one claimed responsibility, and there was no reason why the Gonzales family was targeted. Police at the time had no idea if it was the same bomber that tried to kill them or if it was a copy cat who had hurd of the most recent bomb. The to detonation devices in Grand Junction Colorado where highly sophisticated explosives. Each use a 9 volt battery that was placed on a vehicle and then went off when the vehicle moved. In the rubble, investigators found pieces of curved glass, the outer shell of a mercury switch. It’s a hair triggered device. They figured that the bomber would have hand carried it from his home to the target vehicle. Investigators searched their files for anyone who had prior arrests from making explosive devices. One was 19-year-old Shannon Keith, a factory worker, who lived just ten minutes outside of town in Clifton. He had been arrested 5 months earlier for possessing pipe bombs and was sentenced to two months probation. He claimed that his wasn’t in Grand Junction when the bombs were plated and his alibi checked out, so he was eliminated