Two suspicious devices found outside a Buffalo Police Station on South Park Avenue were non-functional, according to authorities.
Sources tell 7 Eyewitness News they were pipe bomb-style devices.
BREAKING UPDATE: suspicious device found was “non-functional”... no word if it was for someone specific or what it actually was. @WKBW https://t.co/p8zAFjFDC5
— Ed Drantch (@EdDrantch) October 26, 2018
According to a tweet sent by the Buffalo Police Department, the suspicious devices were found overnight. A source tells 7 Eyewitness News a custodian found the devices and handed them over to police.
I’ve also learned a custodian found the devices and turned them over to police. @WKBW
— Hannah Buehler (@HannahBuehler) October 26, 2018
The ATF and the FBI are now involved in the investigation.
BREAKING: BPD say suspicious device found overnight outside South District police station on South Park Avenue. Erie County Bomb Squad & BPD investigating.
— Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) October 26, 2018
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