Archive

Bomb Exploded at Colorado NAACP

RATTLING

Blast was deliberate, FBI says.

An improvised explosive device detonated near the NAACP chapter in Colorado Springs on Tuesday was deliberate, the FBI said. Authorities are seeking a balding white male, about age 40, who “may be driving a 2000 or older model dirty, white pickup truck with paneling, a dark colored bed liner, open tailgate, and a missing or covered license plate,” the FBI said in a statement. The blast happened near a barbershop next to the NAACP just before 11 a.m. The neighborhood suffered minor damage but no injuries occurred. It is unclear whether the explosive was directed toward the civil-rights organization. A gasoline canister was placed next to the bomb but did not ignite, according to an FBI spokeswoman.

Read it at The Denver Post

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.