Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center explosive K-9 finds patient with a pipe bomb
Pomona California August 23 2022
A patient brought in by ambulance to a Pomona hospital emergency room had a pipe bomb, California police reported.
A security K-9 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center detected the explosive about 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, police said in a news release.
Security officers found a capped PVC pipe with a fuse on the patient, who had been brought in from West Covina, the Pomona Police Department release said.
Police said the hospital was not a target but did not explain why the patient had a pipe bomb.
An investigation into the incident continues.
The hospital was not evacuated, but the main entrance to the emergency room was closed and ambulances diverted to other hospitals for about an hour, police said.
Police ask that anyone with information call 909-620-2085.
Pomona is a city of 152,000 people about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
