Forgotten Camera Bag Gets Blown Up by Bomb Squad in Kansas City
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.
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. Hopefully they have an insurance plan that covers “controlled detonation.”
