Target Bathroom Bomber Was Just Trying To Get High

Maybe it wasn't a hate crime?
From: NewNowNext

 The explosion that rocked a Target store bathroom in Evanston may not have been a hate crime after all.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Heidi E. Schmidt, the woman who is being accused of the explosion, was actually just trying to get a chemical high in the women’s bathroom stall. She was not making a statement about the retail chain’s recent decision to allow employees and customers to use the bathroom of their gender identity.

“There is no factual evidence that was uncovered during this investigation that points toward this incident being related to any policies of the Target store or a hate crime,” the police stated in a press release on the investigation. “It was just speculation,” said Evanston police Commander Joe Dugan. “There’s nothing that leads to that at all.”

A plastic bottle believed to be the source of the explosion was found in the bathroom, in addition to “items that are commonly combined in a method to produce a chemical high, but during the mixture process can become volatile and explode,” according to the press release.

No one was harmed in the explosion and damage to the bathroom was minimal.

Schmidt was charged with aggravated arson and unlawful possession of an explosive or incendiary device and is being held in jail on $250,000 bail.