Two teenagers were injured in an explosion when they used a sledgehammer to extract gunpowder from shotgun shells and bullets, police said.
| Stupid, everyone knows you're supposed to use a ballpeen hammer. |
Authorities were investigating whether the 16-year-old boys were trying to make homemade fireworks the night of July 4.
| How do you do it, Holmes? |
The teens were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with first-, second- and third-degree burns, Harris County Fire Marshal Mike Montgomery said.
The hospital did not release any information about the victims.
| Other than the fact they're stupid |
Police said the teens were grinding powder from the shells and bullets with a hammer, setting off the blast in a Harris County home.
| Yeah, that'll do it everytime. |
Investigators seized bullets, a homemade discharging device and a videotape the youths made to document their efforts, police said.
| Can you say "Jackass"? I knew you could. |
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