Fire Set Outside 26 Federal Plaza FBI Has Perpetrator In Custody

BREAKING: An incendiary device was deployed outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, leaving a suspect in custody as the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigates.
Retired NYPD detectives DutyRon and Ed Wallace break down what is known, the law enforcement response, and the critical questions investigators will now need to answer.


Full story: Breaking this morning in Lower Manhattan: the FBI says an individual deployed an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza. A suspect is now in custody, there are reported minor injuries, and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating. Ed and I are going to separate what we know from what we don't know—and explain exactly what investigators are looking for right now.

ABC7 New York reports https://abc7ny.com/post/makeshift-incendiary-device-emits-smoke-outside-26-federal-plaza-1-custody/19543707/

Officials also reported minor injuries, while investigators examine items reportedly associated with the suspect, including a cart containing fireworks and airsoft rifles. The building was placed under a shelter-in-place order during the response.

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0:00 Breaking incident at 26 Federal Plaza
6:15 Raw footage and law enforcement response
8:04 NYPD arson investigator Billy Ryan joins
10:49 How investigators identify an accelerant
17:38 Bomb Squad vs. Arson and Explosion Squad
20:49 Are fireworks considered explosives?
22:46 Why investigators begin with a larger crime scene
25:00 Processing the evidence at Federal Plaza
27:33 How security cameras reconstruct a suspect’s path
34:37 What smoke color may reveal
42:28 Federal-building security vulnerabilities
47:30 Crime-scene expert Ed Wallace joins
52:49 How the FBI Evidence Response Team processes the scene
55:39 Why the smoke changed from black to white
57:09 Bomb dogs, robots and post-arrest safety
59:46 Video shows the liquid ignite
1:08:13 Final investigative and security takeaways