The device was not a bomb
(From the Joplin Police Department)
On August 22nd, 2019 at 9:19 A.M. Joplin Police Department responded to a call of a suspicious device at 3902 College View Dr. Royal Orleans Apartment Complex.
The reporting party, a maintenance employee of the complex, reported that in a dumpster was a pipe with caps and tape around it that he believed could possibly be a pipe bomb.
At this time Joplin Fire, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, and Joplin Police have the area contained. Springfield, MO Fire Department Bomb Squad is responding to the location to assist with the device.
We ask that you avoid the area at this time.
Updates will be released as they become available.
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