A bag seemingly abandoned on a bench prompted the shutdown of the Torrance courthouse early Wednesday and drew the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s bomb squad to the scene.
A suspicious bag seemingly abandoned on a bench prompted the shutdown of the Torrance courthouse early Wednesday and drew the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s bomb squad to the scene. Investigators have not officially confirmed whether the liquid-filled bag was determined to be a bomb or other explosive, but one law enforcement source familiar with the situation told The Times it “for sure was intended to hurt someone.
, and focused their attention on the unattended bag sitting next to a large blue cooler on top of a bench in front of the building. It’s not clear what about the bag prompted suspicion. Around 10:15 a.m., the department said, the responding teams “rendered the bag safe,” though officials did not specify how. Television footage showed a bomb-defusing robot creeping up to the bag and poking it until it popped with a bright flash.
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