Explosives, McVeigh photo among items found at Tampa double murder scene

10News Staff , WTSP 11:14 PM. EDT May 22, 2017

TAMPA, Fla. -- The man who leases the apartment where two men were shot to death -- allegedly by another roommate -- now faces federals charges in connection with explosives.

Brandon Russell faces federal charges of possession of a destructive device and unlawful storage of explosive material.

On Friday, the shooting suspect -- Devon Arthurs -- led police to the apartment where the bodies of two men were found, according to Tampa police. Officers also found Russell there, who had just returned from Army National Guard duty. He was crying, according to a federal criminal complaint, and was visibly upset.

Arthurs reportedly told investigators that the four men shared neo-Nazi beliefs until he converted to Islam, and that Russell had threatened to kill people and bomb infrastructure.

With a search warrant, police found a cooler with HMTD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine), the complaint said. They also found potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate. Also found were electric matches and empty 5.56-caliber casings with fuses.

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Muslim student arrested after murdering neo-Nazi roommates for disrespecting his conversion to Islam

Jason Dearen, Michael Kunzelman an hour ago

A Florida man told police he killed his two roommates because they were neo-Nazis who disrespected his recent conversion to Islam, and investigators found bomb-making materials and Nazi propaganda after he led them to the bodies.

Devon Arthurs, 18, told police he had until recently shared his roommates' neo-Nazi beliefs but that he converted to Islam, according to court documents and a statement the Tampa Police Department released Monday.

Arthurs is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony and three counts of armed kidnapping. Court records did not list an attorney for him.

In the Tampa apartment with the victims' bodies Friday, investigators found Nazi and white supremacist propaganda; a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh; and explosives and radioactive substances, according to the court documents.

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