Explosives, firearms found at home of suspect in deadly Va. rampage that left 8 people slain
By Dena Potter, APFriday, January 22, 2010
Explosives, firearms found at Va. suspect’s home
APPOMATTOX, Va. — Authorities who searched a rural Virginia residence discovered that a man charged in the killings of eight people had dozens of explosive devices and multiple firearms there.
Inventory sheets filed Friday show that investigators took 42 homemade explosive devices and fuses, multiple rounds of ammunition and several assault rifles from the Appomattox home of 39-year-old Christopher Speight.
The explosive devices included pipe bombs, homemade anti-personal mines and improvised hand grenades.
The weapons included semiautomatic rifles and a 9 mm pistol. Police also found multiple 9 mm bullet casings at the scene.
Speight is being held without bond, and so far he has only been charged with one count of murder.
