The FBI, ATF, and Walnut Creek Police bomb squad were just a few of the law enforcement agencies called to investigate a crime scene in Antioch where a man was found dead with an explosive device.
Police say it is a suspicious death as the man appears to have blown himself up near Live Oak H.S. Classes were canceled after there a lockdown as a result.
Aerial photographs showed several police cars and officers standing in the street in the 1700 block of F Street, which is also near a middle school. The Walnut Creek bomb squad and the ATF were also on scene as wires were sticking out of the man's body, or seen near his body. Department of Homeland security officials, BART police and K-9 units from the Coast Guard were also there. As a result, classes were canceled at the high school.
Police asked all residents in the area of F Street between 11th Street and 17th Street to go inside and lock all windows and doors unless they received further official instructions that all is clear. By 3:15 p.m., that all clear was given for the area near F Street by the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office Community Warning System.
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