- The package exploded at a home in Austin, Texas at 6.45am on Monday
- Blast left a teen boy dead and a woman in her 40s with life threatening injuries
- The bomb squad and FBI are currently at the scene assisting Austin Police
- It is the second deadly package explosion in Austin this month
- Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed on March 2 when a package blew up at his home just 11 miles away from Monday’s incident
- Police are now investigating if the two explosions are linked
A teenage boy has been killed and a woman is fighting for her life after a package exploded in the kitchen of a Texas home early Monday morning.
Police were called to the home in Austin at 6.45am following reports of the blast.
The 17-year-old boy was found dead in the home and a woman aged in her 40s was rushed to hospital with severe injuries.
No one else was injured in the explosion.
Police were called to the home in Austin at 6.45am on Monday following reports of the explosion that has left a teenage boy dead and a woman in her 40s seriously injured
The blast occurred at the family home on the 4800 block of Oldfort Hill Drive.
Police said the package was found on the doorstep early Monday and one of the family members brought it inside.
It detonated in the kitchen after it was opened.
The bomb squad and FBI are currently at the scene assisting the Austin Police Department with the investigation.
Authorities warned of road closures and heavy traffic as they continue to investigate.
It is the second deadly package explosion in Austin this month.
The boy was found dead at the scene and a woman aged in her 40s was rushed to hospital with potentially life threatening injuries
The blast occurred at a home on the 4800 block of Oldfort Hill Drive shortly before 7am
Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed on March 2 when a package blew up at his home just 11 miles away from Monday’s incident.
Police are now investigating if the two explosions are linked.
Both explosions occurred in the early-morning hours.
Police have been investigating the earlier blast as a suspicious death. Austin police deployed a blast team, coordinated with federal explosive investigators and spoke with ‘multiple witnesses.’
At the time, police said they believed it was an isolated incident.