RIGBY — The Idaho Falls Regional Bomb Squad is at a house in Jefferson County after some dynamite was found. Idaho Falls Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Clements says the bomb squad was called out to the house on North 3500 East Road between County Line Road and East 300 North before 4 p.m. Thursday. Bomb […]
Bomb squad in Idaho Falls neighborhood in connection to school shooting
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Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS – The Idaho Falls Regional Bomb Squad is investigating an Idaho Falls home in connection to the Thursday morning shooting at Rigby Middle School.
Idaho Falls Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Clements confirmed the investigation is occurring in the vicinity of the Shamrock Park Subdivision. Clements could not comment on exactly what investigators are looking for in the area.
This afternoon, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said at a news conference that the suspected shooter, a sixth-grader at Rigby Middle School, lives in Idaho Falls.
IDAHO FALLS — A person using a grill in Idaho Falls found a device that prompted the response of the regional bomb squad. It unfolded on Saturday around 8:30 p.m. at the home near St. Clair Road and 1st Street. An individual had gone out to use a grill and discovered an unknown item inside […]
Rexburg police find homemade device containing pressure cooker, wires and gasoline
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REXBURG Police doing a welfare check on a Rexburg man on Saturday took him into custody after they found what appeared to be a crudely built explosive device.
Officers arrived at the home near 300 West 5th South around 8:30 a.m. to check on an intoxicated man who reportedly made suicidal comments to a neighbor, according to a Rexburg Police Department news release.
Police reports show an officer could smell the odor of gas coming inside when speaking with the man. Police then found a “fully constructed crude incendiary device” made with 7-quart jars containing gasoline inside a pressure cooker. The jars were connected with electrical wires to a timer.