Pueblo police officers injured by detonated explosive during evidence collection at bomb range

Device explosion injures Pueblo Bomb Squad members

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — Two members of the Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad were burned on Thursday, Feb. 12, after an explosive device seized as part of a criminal investigation inadvertently exploded at the Pueblo Police Department’s (PPD) bomb range. According to PPD, shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, technicians and para-technicians with the Bomb Squad's Explosive [...]

Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad para-technicians injured in accidental explosion

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- The City of Pueblo said that two officers were injured Thursday morning after a seized explosive device was accidentally detonated. According to a spokesperson, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians and para-technicians were working on an ongoing criminal case. The explosive device detonated when they were working to render it safe and take it in for evidence, officials said. It happened at the police department's…

Pueblo police officers injured by detonated explosive during evidence collection at bomb range

Two officers with the Pueblo Police Department's (PPD) Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad (PMBS) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) have been injured during an ongoing criminal investigation.According to the city, around 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, PMBS EOD technicians and para-technicians were in the evidence-processing phase of an ongoing criminal investigation in PPD's bomb range.During this investigation, an explosive that was seized by police for the crim…