NYPD bomb squad report to scene of confirmed pipe bomb in Harlem
The explosive device that forced cops to evacuate an East Harlem police precinct on Wednesday afternoon was a crude bomb with “a low explosive powder impact,” officials said Thursday.
The device was found in a car outside the 25th Precinct stationhouse shortly before noon after cops responded to aPolice said Thursday that an explosive device that prompted the evacuation of an East Harlem precinct was a ‘low impact’ device.Police discovered the explosive device after a pair of cousins who were arguing pulled up outside the 25th Precinct stationhouse and told cops about it.
The battling kin pulled up outside the precinct, with the pair cursing each other out and alleged victim reporting the supposed assault by his cousin to cops.“It will be definitely described as either capable of functioning as designed, capable of exploding, or was it something made to look like a bomb but isn’t really a bomb?” NYPD Bomb Squad Commander Lt. Mark Torre told reporters on Wednesday.
Police said Thursday that an explosive device that prompted the evacuation of an East Harlem precinct was a 'low impact' device.Police discovered the explosive device after a pair of cousins who were arguing pulled up outside the 25th Precinct stationhouse and told cops about it.
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