Makeshift car bumper sparks bomb panic

A man's makeshift bumper, made of duct portion and wires and strapped to The broadside of his vehicle, was mistaken for a car bomb.

Officers were called to Murfreesboro in Tennessee over The seeming explosive instrumentality aft calls astir a car appearing to person a explosive strapped to its broadside doors.

Sitting extracurricular The First Watch edifice connected Medical Centre Pkwy, astatine 9.39am (3.39pm in The UK) connected Tuesday, The car had wires connected to a suction cup connected The wrong doorway handle.

Federal, state, and section officers responded to The threat, and each businesses in The shopping plaza were evacuated for astir 2 hours arsenic a precaution.

Schools in The Seigel schoolhouse area were placed connected lockdown while The investigation was ongoing owed to The reside related to The vehicle's tag.

After immoderate time, a Murfreesboro Police Department supervisor reached The proprietor of The car by phone.

He was opinionated pinch The different evacuees crossed The thoroughfare The full time, unaware it was his car that promoted The explosive threat calls.

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The Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit responded and gave each clear aft examining The car.

Larry Flowers, nationalist accusation serviceman for Murfreesboro Police and Fire Rescue, told section outlet WKRN: "We had a massive, monolithic consequence to this location to find retired it was a man who was trying to forestall his car from being dented."

Since location was nary intent to origin harm, The constabulary section said The man will not beryllium charged.