Bomb squad called to Tacoma business after ‘beeping’ backpack with wires found outside

Tacoma Police Department’s bomb squad was called to a business Wednesday morning along South Tacoma Way after a suspicious backpack was found outside.

Police’s Explosive Ordnance Detail responded about 5:30 a.m. to a business in the 3700 block of South Tacoma Way. The business reported that a backpack was beeping outside, and that it had wires and an antenna sticking out of it.

The bomb squad determined the backpack and its contents were not an explosive, according to a tweet from TPD. Police said the device was made safe. It’s not clear what was actually in the backpack or why it was placed outside the business.

Further information was not immediately available.

This story was originally published May 11, 2022 at 8:54 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription