KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man was arrested Tuesday after police found a pipe bomb at his home and what appeared to be another at the hotel where he works.
The 52-year-old Kansas City man was being questioned but no charges had been filed against him.
Neighbors living near the man’s home on Kansas City’s east side were evacuated for more than five hours while members of the Kansas City bomb squad disabled a bomb. No one was hurt, said FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza.
Kansas City police were contacted Tuesday morning by a resident in the suspect’s home and told there appeared to be bomb-making materials and papers related to bomb-making there, authorities said.
Police investigated and reportedly found wire and two pipes, one apparently containing gun powder, Lanza said.
The police bomb squad, FBI agents and members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force were called. The FBI task force includes members of local and state law enforcement agencies and several other federal agencies. Its mission is to prevent future attacks of terrorism, Lanza said.
On Tuesday afternoon the investigation led authorities to the Holiday Inn in downtown Kansas City, where they found what appeared to be a pipe bomb in a locker room. The area was nearly surrounded by concrete.
The building was not evacuated because officials did not feel the bomb posed a danger to guests.
The suspect was arrested at the hotel and questioned in a hotel room.
“I don’t know what he was going to use them for,” Lanza said. “That is what the investigation will attempt to determine.”