A Missouri woman was shocked to walk outside this week only to find a bomb on her front porch.
Alexis Washington said that she was up late caring for her newborn daughter and young son when she heard a loud pop coming from the porch, then saw a flash of red light.
She immediately called 911.
Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department said it was definitely a bomb.
“It was a device that we believe was designed to impart an explosion of some sort,” Wilson said.
Washington said that the paper towel went out, which is probably what caused the bomb to not go off.
“I probably am a little paranoid at this point because that’s scary. I mean who would want to blow up anyone, period?” she said, noting she has already moved to another home.
“It was a very frightening thing because my son was there on the other side of that window right by it and he was asleep, he had just went to sleep. I was like ‘what am I supposed to do,” she said.
The police said authorities with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm bureau are working with officers to find a suspect.
“This investigation will continue. The detectives will continue to run down leads that they have in reference to this,” Capt. Wilson said.
Five explosions have taken place over the past 18 days, prompting hundreds of investigators to work together to look for the perpetrator and a motive.
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