BREAKING NEWS: Victims identified in AMTEC Less-Lethal explosion

Posted on September 15, 2018

Following notifications to immediate family members, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) has released the names of the two victims injured in a Friday explosion at AMTEC Less-Lethal Systems (ALS) located at 4700 Providence Road off Highway 19 North in Perry.

Christina L. Patterson, 42, of Perry – a wife and mother of three children – was fatally injured in the incident.

Thomas Fowler, Jr., 56, was flown from the scene in critical condition and remains hospitalized at a Tallahassee-area hospital.
The TCSO Communications Center received a report of an explosion at the manufacturing site at approximately 10 a.m.

Law enforcement and emergency response officials took considerable time to secure the area where the explosion occurred prior to State Fire Marshal’s Office investigators beginning their investigation, according to TCSO Major Marty Tompkins.

AMTEC Less-Lethal Systems, Inc. (ALS) serves the law enforcement, corrections and military communities by providing operational equipment, tactical gear and training out of its Perry location, which which opened in the summer of 2013 and encompasses 545 acres and approximately 50,000 square feet of state-of-the-art manufacturing and training facilities.

Updates will be provided throughout the weekend, and complete coverage will be included in Wednesday’s TaCo Times.

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