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On 20 July 2025, at approximately 0220 hours local time, an improvised explosive device was detonated in a Target department store to burglarize an ATM inside the store in San Ramon, CA. According to the San Ramon Police Department, no one was injured due to the explosion, but damage was sustained to a portion of the store’s interior near the eastern public entrance. The FBI is assisting with the investigation.
On 18 July 2025 at approximately 1245 hours local time, Boise Police officer made a routine traffic stop and arrested the driver of the vehicle for driving under the influence. The passenger of the vehicle was arrested on outstanding warrant charges. The officers then discovered a suspected pipe bomb while searching the suspect’s vehicle. The Boise Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit responded and conducted remote diagnostics on the suspected pipe bomb and determined it was a viable device. A spokesperson for the department stated, "It was a viable explosive device.
Three Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies died in an explosion next to a bomb squad vehicle at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility on North Eastern Avenue. The deputies, all members of the Sherrif’s Department Bomb Squad, were handling explosive materials from a previous response when the incident occurred. Reports indicate they were examining grenades, believed to be inert, when the explosion occurred. The Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, ATF, and FBI are investigating.
On 16 July 2025, Southwest Sheriff’s Station deputies conducted a follow-up investigation following the 8 June 2025 arrest of a 38-year-old suspect for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle. During the search of the suspects home, deputies found dozens of illegal firearms, ammunition, bomb-making materials, and improvised explosive devices in various stages of being manufactured. The Riverside Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Team responded and seized the devices. Charges were filed against the suspect for weapons possession, criminal threats, and bomb-making materials.
On 15 July 2025, a 56-year-old male was arrested and charged with 23 counts of possessing, manufacturing, or distributing explosive devices after the Rome Police Department executed a search warrant at a commercial facility. Upon discovering homemade explosive devices at the facility, the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Floyd County Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called in to provide additional assistance. Additional information has not been released regarding the IEDs.
On 16 July 2025, a 64-year-old male was arrested and charged with 10 counts of possession of an explosive device after police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home and found explosive devices and explosive manufacturing materials. According to officials, the devices were unstable and sensitive, and were detonated in a controlled environment by the Floyd County Bomb Squad. Additional information has not been released regarding the IEDs.
On 15 July 2025, at approximately 0920 hours local time, St. Louis County Deputies responded to 911 reports of a man in Normanna Township who was setting fire to his neighbor’s houses using a modified riding lawnmower with a fuel tank mounted on the back. A responding volunteer fire fighter who was attempting to extinguish the fires also claimed he was allegedly being shot at by the suspect. Once on scene, five St. Louis County Deputies came under fire from the suspect, forcing the deputies to discharge their weapons to neutralize the threat.
On 29 July at approximately 1000 local time, Campbell Police and the Santa Clara Sherrif’s Office responded to the Valley Transportation Authority Light Rail Station on Winchester Boulevard for reports of a suspicious package, which prompted the evacuation of the station, as well as nearby schools and businesses. A bomb squad responded and determined the suspicious item was not a threat.
On 22 July 2025, at approximately 1540 local time, deputies with the Door County Sheriff's Office responded to Cave Point County Park after a report of a suspicious item found within the park.
On 2 July 2025, an 18-year-old male was arrested for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack during the July 4th celebration parade in Canyon, Texas. The suspect was allegedly planning to use the highly sensitive explosive Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD) along with a firearm; however, he was unable to successfully purchase the firearm.