Suspicious Package Detonated Outside Store South Of City

The discovery of a suspicious-looking package, which turned out to be harmless, shut down the main entrance to the Wal-Mart just south of Harrisonburg for several hours Wednesday.
Around 11 a.m., a contractor hired to mow the shopping center's grass found what appeared to be a piece of pipe with two caps on each end, said Capt. John Huddle, an assistant fire marshal with Rockingham County Fire and Rescue.
The landscaper then called 911 to report the incident............
"We agreed, it appeared it could be a pipe bomb," he said.
At that point, Huddle requested assistance from the Virginia State Police Bomb Squad based in Culpeper, which arrived around 12:30 p.m.
"They examined it and felt it had the potential that it could be an actual device," he said.
Around 1 p.m., the bomb squad detonated the pipe. After inspecting the device, Huddle said investigators found no explosives inside.
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