Pipe Bomb Found Monday At Pierce College?
What’s up with this?
A pipe bomb was found Monday afternoon near a pond on the Pierce College campus in Woodland Hills, authorities said.
A man turned the bomb in to the campus sheriff’s station about 2:30 p.m., saying he had found the device, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The campus was closed for the Presidents Day holiday as bomb squad investigators searched the area for additional explosives. None were found, the department said.
Detectives said the pipe bomb was live but did not appear to be connected to a threat against a specific person.
– Robert J. Lopez
A man found the device by a pond on the campus around 2:25 p.m. Monday and turned it in at the Pierce College sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. David Infante said. The man apparently did not know the device he was handling was a live bomb.
An area of the campus of the two-year community college was evacuated, Infante said, adding that no students or faculty members were on campus Monday because it was closed for the Presidents Day holiday.
Four deputies in flak vests took charge of the explosive and blew it up around 5 p.m. behind the sheriff’s station building, a video crew at the scene reported. The blast was audible across campus and on nearby streets.
I don’t know about you, but I always love to pick up bombs and walk into police stations. Sounds fishy.
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