Woman killed by homemade gunpowder ‘cannon’ at grandchild’s gender reveal party – Today News

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For any copyright, please send me a message.  A grandma who died in an gender-reveal party gone wrong was standing 45ft away from the homemade device when it exploded, police have revealed.  Police named the victim as 56-year-old Pamela Kreimeyer.  She had been at a party in rural Knoxville, Iowa, when authorities were called to reports a woman had been seriously injured in an explosion.  The authorities arrived to find Kreimeyer had been hit by flying debris from a gender reveal spectacle.    Reports say the party was thrown by Kreimeyer’s son and his partner, who are expecting a baby.  Investigators called to the party, about 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, pronounced the woman dead at the scene.  The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the family had triggered a homemade contraption that was meant to blow some coloured powder into the sky to reveal if the unborn baby would be a boy or a girl.  But instead the display malfunctioned and exploded ‘like a pipe bomb’, sending shrapnel flying into the crowd of celebrating relatives on Saturday.    Sheriff Jason Sandholdt, of the the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, released a statement naming the victim.  He said: “This family got together for what they thought was going to be a happy event with no intent for anyone to get hurt.  “What ended up happening was that Pamela Kreimeyer, a wife, mother and grandmother was killed by a piece of metal where a metal stand, gunpowder and colored powder were involved.  “This is a reminder that anytime someone mixes these things there is a high potential for serious injury or death; please do not take these unnecessary risks. My condolences go out to the family.”  Gender reveal parties are an increasingly popular 21st century phenomenon for the social media era.  Expectant couples have been coming up with ever-more flamboyant ways to announced their baby’s gender to their loved ones and social media networks.  The spectacles usually involve a pink or blue display.   The Mail Online reports a source claimed the party was being held for Kreimeyer’s son Brad and his girlfriend, Kristie Rankin.  The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the police investigation found members of the Kreimeyer family were experimenting with different types of explosive material on Friday and Saturday “in an attempt to record a gender reveal that could be posted on social media for friends and family.”  “On Saturday afternoon five family members and the expectant mother gathered and placed gunpowder in the bottom of a homemade stand that was welded to a metal base plate.  “A hole had been drilled in the side for a fuse, a piece of wood was placed on top of the gunpowder and colored powder was placed on top of the board.  “Tape was then wrapped ove

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