SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The brother of a man accused in the fatal Woodburn, Oregon, bank bombing says he and his brother learned how to use explosives while growing up on their family’s farm.
The Oregonian reports that Pat Turnidge testified Monday that he and his brother Bruce blew up tree stumps and once blew up a bridge to create a space for a new culvert.
Bruce Turnidge and his son, Joshua, are being tried on aggravated murder charges in Salem. They are accused in the December 2008 bank bombing that killed two police officers, maimed a third and injured a bank employee.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
