California: IID Discovered by Road

TRIPwire, 17 July 2019
On 16 July 2019 at approximately 1012 hours local time, the California Highway Patrol responded to a report of a cylindrical object with two endcaps and a fuse discovered by a road. Officers determined the device was a functional improvised incendiary device (IID). The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Team responded to the scene and rendered safe the device by detonating it. Officers are unsure where the device came from or who made it, and the incident is under investigation.