A LaFayette resident called authorities Monday afternoon when a family member brought a suspicious item home that he believed was an explosive device.
Christian County Sheriff’s deputies and LaFayette firefighters arrived at David Hyde’s house on the 200 block of Main Street before calling for assistance from a Fort Campbell bomb squad.
CCSD Deputy Eddie Frye described the device as similar in appearance to a large firework, made out of PVC pipe with paper on the ends and two fuses. He said they weren’t sure if it was packed with any explosives.
Frye said the family member who brought the device to Hyde’s house reportedly found it near his home on Hickory Smoke House Road and drove it across town.
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Upon X-raying the device, the bomb squad found that there was a compartment inside the tubing connected to the two fuses that could contain explosive material.
The bomb squad then used a robot to carry the device to an open field across the street from the home and attempted to detonate it by shooting it with a gun, explained Randy Graham, director of Christian County Emergency Management.
Graham said that in doing so, the device did not explode; however, when the bomb squad went to retrieve it, they could not locate all of the device.
Because the device is still a potential threat, Graham said the bomb squad and other authorities will continue to look for it in the field and will not leave it unattended.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been called to assist in the search for and disposal of the device.
