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• #Suspicious package found at federal courthouse update#

Members of the bomb squad appeared to have secured the device at the church and moved to the suspect’s home which is an apartment on the same street as the church. UPDATE: Another reported explosive device was found at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield, West Virginia.

Marshals and had one device with him and had left the second device in the bushes outside the church. Reports indicate a man is in custody a man came to the federal courthouse to speak to U.S. WVNS Television reported a second device near the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported law enforcement yelled “…fire in the hole.” ahead of the explosion.īluefield Police told MetroNews the situation at the courthouse was “under control” by noon.

An explosion was heard from the building. The device was apparently destroyed around 11:40 inside the federal building. Officers evacuated all people from the building and an adjacent apartment building as they dealt with the device.īREAKING NEWS: Loud boom heard from courthouse bomb squad on sceneĪt 11:40 a.m., police yelled “fire in the hole” and shortly thereafter a loud boom was heard from inside of the federal courthouse. West Virginia State Police, the Bluefield Police Department, and other law enforcement responded to a call at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Bluefield around 9:40 a.m. There were no injuries after the discovery of two explosive devices in Bluefield on Monday morning.

#Suspicious package found at federal courthouse update#

Update 02/07/22, 10:19 a.m ET: This article was updated with additional information.BLUEFIELD, W.Va. As a precaution, no one is allowed to enter or exit the Justice Center Complex. WSB-TV reported that the courthouse and the government center are both currently closed. Newsweek has contacted the Atlanta Police Department for additional comment. "So hopefully they will be able to find who did this. "Apparently they walked up, they were behind the office, so apparently they left a gasoline can and they left a roll of toilet tissue and I assume they had left two or three, or some amount that started the fire," Arrington said. Speaking to WSB-TV 2 on Sunday night, Commissioner Arrington said that a hired contractor was inside his office building when a firebomb was thrown in. The backside of the building was damaged in the attack, investigators told the news outlet.Ī motive behind the attack isn't yet clear. No injuries were reported, and firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, FOX 5 Atlanta reported. Video Shows Molotov Cocktail Thrown into Las Vegas Police Station.Firebombed, Video Shows Suspect Throwing Molotov Cocktail Florida Man Charged With Throwing Molotov Cocktails At Planned Parenthood.Arrington Jr, a Fulton county commissioner, is a partner at the law office that was hit-Arrington & Phillips, LLP.Ītlanta authorities are investigating the firebomb incident after a device was thrown at the law office located at the 2000 block of Fairburn Road SW-some 10 miles away from the Fulton County Courthouse. It comes just hours after a firebombing incident was reported at a Fulton County law office on Sunday evening. MARTA, the local bus service, said several bus routes in the downtown area were delayed due to the suspicious package, including Route 186 WB and EB trips. The news outlet reported that a police received the report of a suspicious package at around 7:30 a.m. Traffic is being diverted away from the area as an investigation is carried out.Ĭhannel 2 Action News reported that two suitcases are being investigated by police, including one near an underground parking lot. Officers with the police department, the Fulton County Marshal's Office, and Fulton County deputies are currently at the scene, the news outlet reported. Officials with the Atlanta Police Department told FOX 5 Atlanta that they arrived at the scene after receiving reports of a suspicious suitcase. Read more Firebomb Attack at Law Office of County Commissioner