Some poor photographer in Kansas City, Missouri, accidentally left their camera bag outside city hall yesterday. Someone noticed the “suspicious package” and alerted police, who then sent a bomb squad and blew the camera bag up. Oops.
The Kansas City Star reports that security guards noticed the black case at about 3:40 a.m. Monday. Police were called to the scene, and the Bomb and Arson squad detonated the case at around 6:30 a.m.
How the story transpired was captured in a series of Tweets by reporters:
Several blocks around city hall blocked off.
Police found a suspicious package on the steps south of city hall. pic.twitter.com/bDV05GZbrf— Richard Sharp (@RichardKSHB) August 15, 2016
Bomb squad has sent out their robot to check out the suspicious box near city hall.
Several streets shut down pic.twitter.com/vF6KvcuyOJ— Richard Sharp (@RichardKSHB) August 15, 2016
These roads around city hall are blocked off due to a suspicious package on the steps south of city hall. #KCTraffic pic.twitter.com/lgaizOBOSy
— 41 Traffic Now (@41TrafficNow) August 15, 2016
Bomb squad guy in full gear comes back to truck. Robot still on scene of suspicious package. pic.twitter.com/0VX309fp20
— Richard Sharp (@RichardKSHB) August 15, 2016
Huge boom as the bomb squad detonates the suspicious package near city hall pic.twitter.com/U4He5klsyE
— Richard Sharp (@RichardKSHB) August 15, 2016
After blowing the “suspicious package” up — an explosion that sent “bits of debris” flying everywhere — the police examined the devastation and concluded that the “bomb” was actually a tripod, camera, and photo equipment.
Statement from @kcpolice on suspicious package found south of #KC City Hall. Turned out to be camera equipment pic.twitter.com/MoBmrGdizM
— Katy Bergen (@KatyBergen) August 15, 2016
So far, no photographer has stepped forward to claim responsibility for forgetting their pricey camera gear outside city hall and causing the bomb scare.
from PetaPixel http://petapixel.com/2016/08/16/camera-bag-blown-bomb-squad-left-city-hall/
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