{"id":58068,"date":"2015-11-23T18:49:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T23:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=58068"},"modified":"2015-11-23T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T00:04:48","slug":"breaking-colorado-state-police-stop-man-walking-down-highway-with-ied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-colorado-state-police-stop-man-walking-down-highway-with-ied\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State Police Stop Man Walking Down Highway With IED"},"content":{"rendered":"
COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado State Police have confiscated an improvised explosive device, or IED, from a man seen walking along the Highway 50 bypass Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
A stretch of Hwy 50 from I-25 to Bonforte in Pueblo is now open after being closed as police investigated.<\/p>\n
Police say the device was in his hand and a Trooper immediately took the item from the suspect.<\/p>\n
The bomb squad was called in to remove the threat.\u00a0It happened around 3 p.m. Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Local news station KOAA\u00a0referred to the device as a ‘small IED.’<\/p>\n
The suspect in question was being interviewed.<\/p>\n
No further details were available.<\/p>\n
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado State Police have confiscated an improvised explosive device, or IED, from a man seen walking along the Highway 50 bypass Monday afternoon. A stretch of Hwy 50 from I-25 to Bonforte in Pueblo is now open after being closed as police investigated. Police say the device was in his hand and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":58069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n