Fireworks intended to be used for a Fourth of July celebration exploded on the beach at Ocean City, Maryland, detonating hours ahead of the planned Independence Day display. (Courtesy Mandy Young) A bomb squad in Ocean City, Maryland, combed through damaged fireworks that exploded on the beach Sunday hours ahead of the annual fireworks display and safely detonate the remaining stock pile. In an update Monday morning on its Facebook page, the Ocean City Fire Department said the resort town’s bomb squad, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office-Bomb Squad and the fireworks vendor “will begin evaluating fireworks damaged during yesterday’s accident to determine a course of action for safe removal and destruction.” Later in the day, the fire department said the bomb squad would perform a control demolition of the remaining fireworks starting at 5:45 p.m. Local outlets confirmed that the remaining unexploded fireworks exploded just after 6:30 p.m.
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Areas of the boardwalk were closed off to pedestrian traffic during the detonation period. City officials have yet to comment on what was found during the investigation and if all the remaining fireworks were detonated. Part of the fireworks display went up in a cloud of colorful smoke Sunday morning after one of the fireworks accidentally discharged. No beachgoers were injured, but several fireworks handlers had minor injuries, and the evening fireworks display was canceled. In the update Monday, the fire department said the beach and boardwalk patrons in the area of Dorchester Street and the beach should stay at a safe distance outside the established safety perimeter as crews work.
Bowie mother shot in the head while holding her baby, another child tried to intervene, police say
The Bowie, Maryland, mother who was shot in the head by her romantic partner Thursday was holding the couple’s 2-month-old baby as they argued about school supplies, according to charging documents.
The woman was rushed into surgery and, as of Friday afternoon, remained in critical condition, police said.
Her partner, Kimball Hinton Jr., 41, has been charged with first- and second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and other firearm-related charges in connection with the shooting.
One of the couple’s six children, who were all in the house on Myrtle Avenue in Bowie when the shooting happened, called police at 4:16 p.m. Thursday and said her mother had just been shot by her father, the documents state. Hinton himself called police two minutes later, according to the documents, and admitted shooting her.
