Utah School Evacuated: Mountain View Elementary in Layton Evacuated After Pipe Bomb Found
By Rebecka Schumann | April 23 2013 8:04 AM
A Utah elementary school was evacuated on Monday after a custodian discovered a pipe bomb on the roof of the building.
No injuries were reported after the school evacuated 800 students and faculty members, and a bomb squad detonating the device.
In a statement, Mountain View Elementary School confirmed the PVC bomb did include a small amount of explosive material. A custodian removed the bomb from the roof of the school and then alerted the school’s principal, who contacted the authorities.
“Why he did that and where he took it, we’re not sure. He put himself in a dangerous situation,â€Christopher Williams, the school district's spokesman, told Reuters. A different custodian has been on the same roof earlier Monday, but hadn't noticed the bomb or any suspicious activity, Williams said.
Layton Police Department Lt. Shawn Horton said the unidentified custodian initially brought the device into the school, but by the time police arrived, it had been moved to the school’s parking lot, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.
Williams said Mountain View never received a bomb threat, including the 85 other schools in the Davis school district; the school has no history of reported bombs on its property, and officials said they don't have any leads so far on who left the pipe bomb.
AND IT KEEPS GOING ON, AND ON, AND ON….
