Federal officials said Monday, Aug. 21, that a Houston man was charged with attempting to plant explosives at the statue of Confederate officer Richard Dowling in Hermann Park.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court on Monday alleges that 25-year-old Andrew Schneck was arrested Saturday night at a Houston park while kneeling in the bushes next to the monument.
Schneck had liquid explosives in his hands, which he tried to drink when confronted at the park, but then spit the explosives out.
Authorities said Schneck had a viable bomb complete with wires, a homemade detonator, a battery, and tubes with a highly explosive compound.
One of the tubes contained nitgroglycerin and hexamethylene triperoxide diamine. In its purest form, nitgroglycerin explodes on contact.
