Explosion rocks Dalton law office

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Photos: An explosion ripped into the Dalton, Georgia, law office of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham around 10 a.m. Friday, injuring four people. Police said a suspect was killed in the explosion.

Police finished their investigation Saturday at the Dalton law office of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, where a homemade bomb injured four people, one critically, on Friday. Downtown businesses were able to reopen. Here, ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Office Scott Sweetow speaks as Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan (right).

Smoke billows from the law offices of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham in Dalton after an explosion ripped the building on Friday morning. Georgia investigators say a 78-year-old man suspected of setting off the explosion has died.

Law enforcement personnel gather outside the law firm of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham as the building burns in Dalton.

Four people in the Dalton law office were injured. Police report that an explosive device was thrown into the building at around 9:15 am.

Firefighters gather outside the law office.

Emergency workers send a robot toward the law offices of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham in Dalton.

As police investigate the bombing, an officer walks up the street with a bullet-proof vest,

Police say there was some kind of disturbance at the office before the blast. An officer saw someone get out of a sport utility vehicle and run behind the building.

Bruce Frazier, a public relations specialist with the Dalton Police Department, speaks Friday about the explosion.

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Police finished their investigation Saturday at the Dalton law office of McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, where a homemade bomb injured four people, one critically, on Friday. Downtown businesses were able to reopen. Here, ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Office Scott Sweetow speaks as Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan (right).

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