press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey.Vandergrift was captured on surveillance video placing an explosive device on GCity Crossfit Gym’s front door about 4 a.m.
August 26, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito told the Essex Daily Voice, a New Jersey newspaper. He then ran away, and the bomb soon went off, damaging the door and shattering its glass.GCity Crossfit, located in Gloucester City, is owned by married couple Jenai Gonzales and Ann Panarello, Shore News Network reports.
A Pride flag hangs outside the gym, which is “known as a safe space” for LGBTQ+ people in the region, the site notes.The gym is “a known safe-haven in the area for LGBTQ youth,” Steven Vitale, owner of athletic apparel company Lifting Culture, wrote.