DETROIT — A Michigan man who owns and operates a Clinton Township building that exploded in March, killing a teenager and injuring a firefighter , was charged with involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Noor Noel Kestou, 31, was arraigned on the 15-year felony charge in connection with the explosions on March 4 at Goo Smoke Shop/Select Distributors, where the incident rocked residents for miles in the county. Thousands of cans of nitrous oxide and butane were inside the building, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Canisters propelled into the air and rained down throughout the area, with various types of debris found more than a mile away.
Turner Salter , 19, of Clinton Township, a bystander, died after he was hit in the head with a projectile about a quarter mile from the business. According to prosecutors, the teen was struck by a nitrous oxide canister. Township firefighter Matt Myers was also injured when debris came through the windshield of a vehicle and glass clipped the side of his face, officials previously said.