Colorado: Pipe Bomb Discovered at Trash Dumping Station

TRIPwire, 28 December 2022
On 27 December 2022, at approximately 0945 hours local time, El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a trash dumping station in El Paso County after employees found an apparent pipe bomb, described as the size of a shoe box, following a call from an unidentified suspect who told employees that there was a bomb on the property. The Colorado Springs Police Department Regional Explosives Unit responded to assist and rendered the device safe. No further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.