 Authorities shut down traffic several times while the Tucson police bomb squad made three attempts to detonate the device. |
Posted on 08/20/2006 10:28:51 AM PDT by SandRat
Tucson Police evacuated the Safeway store on Prince road and Campbell avenue for much of Saturday afternoon and into evening after an employee spotted a suspicious package.
According to police, an employee called police at about 2:14 p.m. Saturday afternoon after spotting a package below the customer service counter.
Sgt. Decio Hopffer said that when the bomb squad arrived and evacuated the store, "The bomb technician saw things in it that led them to believe that this was a live device and they had to take the necessary precautions to make sure no one was going to get hurt."
Hopffer would not elaborate on what exactly was in the plastic cylinder device but said it contained a cut PVC pipe.
"We found this to be a simulated device, it would not have gone off by itself," Hopffer said.
Authorities shut down traffic several times while the Tucson police bomb squad made three attempts to detonate the device.
Hopffer said the rounds included high velocity and water.
The Safeway store reopened late Saturday night after several bomb sniffing dogs combed the area and officers deemed it safe for business.
Authorities shut down traffic several times while the Tucson police bomb squad made three attempts to detonate the device. |
Stupid Kid Prank??
Dry Run to see response times for the real thing?????
Is the Infatada about to come to the US?
And remember that Tucson had one of the multiple cell phone incidents last week.
I will go with option 2 for $1000.
TROP 'dry run'? Possibly...
Unhappy customer?
Senile guy returning a pipe?
Huh?
I know,........ that's what it said.
>>>>a simulated device, it would not have gone off by itself
What does that mean? Does simulated mean fake? 'Would not have gone off by itself' leads me to think it could have gone off if set?
Read Training Device but the question is training for who. Not for the TPD EOD, TFD, TPD, Pima Sherrif Dept., D-M EOD, then who?????
Would a training device go off? Or is it a learn to build your own type of model?
No and Yes and then test EOD First Responder resonse times for time the call of a real device and detonation to go off just as they show up; with the MSMs of course to salivate as they report it.
So, if it can go off, it is a bomb, no?
This 'Simulated' thing is a bit confusing :P
Yep!
;)
Thx
or it was some kind of explosives without any detonator.
That could be the expalination
Like a cellphone
Eeew, that is ominous!
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