NYPD investigators suspected a mishap involving fireworks and said it did not appear an explosive device caused the boom heard from blocks away around 11 a.m. but hours after the amputation incident the cause remained a mystery.
Two friends of the victim, Connor Golden, 18, of Fairfax, Va., insisted they had no fireworks or other explosives. One witnesses said the victims foot was all but gone. Another said the blast sounded like a cannon.
The NYPDs bomb squad was investigating an area of the park near E. 60th St. and Fifth Ave. Cops also examined a car parked at Newark Airport that the victim used to drive to New York, sources said.
The FBI took over investigation of the case, a source said.
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