New York: IID Thrown During Home Invasion, Additional IIDs Found on Suspect
On 26 July 2024, at approximately 2200 hours local time, a 42-year-old male suspect forcefully entered a home on the 400 block of West Fourth Street in Elmira and threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at the living room wall. The IID functioned and lit part of the wall and floor on fire before the suspect fled the scene. The resident and neighbors were able to extinguish the blaze before calling the Elmira Police Department (EPD) and Elmira Fire Department, who both responded to the scene, along with New York State Fire Investigators.