Blast kills one at University of Oklahoma

[Eric the Red]

Blast kills one at University of Oklahoma

Police probe apparent suicide near packed football stadium

AP

Officials mill around inside the police perimeter after one person was killed by an explosion near a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma on Saturday.

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Updated: 11:38 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2005

NORMAN, Okla. - One person was killed in an explosion near a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma on Saturday night in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide.

The blast, in a traffic circle about 100 yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, could be heard by some in the crowd of 84,000, but university President David Boren said no one inside the stadium was ever in danger.

“We are apparently dealing with an individual suicide, which is under full investigation,” Boren said in a statement. There was no information about the person who was killed, and no reports of any other injuries.

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A police bomb squad detonated explosives found at the site of the blast. The area near the stadium was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs.

Jaclyn Hull, an OU freshman who left the game shortly before the explosion, said she saw “a little bit of smoke, about as much as you would see coming up from a grill.”

Officers cordoned off an area west of the stadium after the explosion and nobody was allowed out of the stadium for about a half-hour after the blast, which occurred shortly before 8 p.m., about halftime of the Sooners’ game against Kansas State. The game continued.

 

[BigRedJake]

I don't care if it is the Sooners, that sucks.

 

[Eric the Red]

I don't care if it is the Sooners, that sucks.

Exactly, this kid had some issues considering he had to do this with that many people around.

 

[HSKRNOKC]

Just real lucky that there were no more injuries. Even I feel for the Sooners here.Glad it wasnt worse.

 

[HSKRNOKC]

Just watched morning news. They said it went off a few minutes befor halftime. The fans said that it was very loud and very noticable. It must be pretty unnerving to hear that and watch all the police presense in the stadium disappear and not know exactly what is going on.

 

[TheKiD]

Yeah, this is about the weirdest thing. I mean, okay.. i can see that if he wanted attention for his suicide, doing it next to a stadium full of 84,000 people makes sense... but why a BOMB? Wouldn't it have been easier just to shoot himself. Makes me think there was something else to this, have no idea what but... there's not a lot of suicides via BOMBs unless they're trying to take out other people. Just a really weird thing. Hope they figure out what the deal was.