Pipe Bomb Detonation Leads to SWAT Team Standoff
- On July 4, 2025, deputies responded around 11 a.m. to a camper near 28000 block of County Road 388, Gobles, for a wanted 58-year-old fugitive.
- Officials secured permission to search the residence after receiving reports that linked the suspect to pipe bombs and threats to kill officers present at the scene.
- SWAT officers released tear gas inside the camper after the suspect allegedly detonated one bomb within it and threw another at the officers during the standoff.
- The suspect exited the camper, was struck twice by a less-lethal shotgun while positioned at the entrance, detonated a second pipe bomb, then surrendered and was transported to a hospital; no officers sustained injuries.
- The Kalamazoo Bomb Squad found and safely destroyed a third pipe bomb while Michigan State Police Crime Lab processed evidence at the scene.
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Bombs thrown, fugitive taken into custody after standoff with police in Van Buren County
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department says no police are injured after a suspect threw a pipe bomb at them during a standoff on Friday. The department says deputies were sent to the 28,000 block of County Road 388 near Gobles around 11 a.m. on a report of a wanted fugitive believed to be staying in a camper. They had a a warrant. As the deputies approached the camper, the 58-year-old suspect allegedly set off a pipe bomb inside. The deputies…
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