Terrell Cooks and Seneca Mahan (Booking photos: St. Louis County Police Department) BLACK JACK, Mo. - Two men have been charged with murder after a house explosion near St.
Louis, Missouri, killed four people, including three teenagers, who were assembling illegal fireworks in a garage.According to St.
Louis County police, 37-year-old Terrell Cooks and 43-year-old Seneca Mahan made fireworks with an "explosive charge far in excess" of what state law allows, then directed younger people on how to load the canisters and attach a fuse for lighting.
They would then sell the fireworks to third parties. Neither of them had a license to make or sell fireworks.The four people killed were identified as Travell Eason, 16; Christopher Jones, 17; Damario Cooks, 18; and William Jones, 21.