Bomb Squad Calls Off Search at Alhambra High School

  

ALHAMBRA, October 12, 2006 (KABC) -- Authorities called off the extended search for explosive devices in and around Alhambra High School Thursday, including the downtown area.

Police officers and sheriff's bomb squad personnel confirmed Thursday that two objects found were explosive devices, authorities said. Canine units had extended the search from the campus to the downtown area.

Students were sent home after a lockdown while police searched the campus.

The investigation began about 4 p.m. Wednesday, when a "suspicious cylindrical object" was found on Main Street, said Alhambra police Sgt. Kean Oda. A sheriff's bomb squad disposed of the item.

About 8:45 Wednesday night, a similar object was found on the campus in the 100 block of South Second Street, and again a sheriff's bomb squad was summoned and removed the object, Oda said.

A subsequent search of the campus turned up no other suspicious items, Oda said.

But about 8 a.m. Thursday, police learned that a custodian at the school had seen a "suspicious cylindrical object in a trash can" Wednesday morning. Authorities then returned to the school for another search.

Police continued to search the high school throughout the Thursday afternoon.

Police also closed Fourth Street between Main Street and Commonwealth Avenue, and Commonwealth Avenue between Second and Fifth streets.

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