Person detained as police detonate explosive device found in South Austin home

AUSTIN, Texas — A person has been detained after an explosive device was discovered at a home in South Austin.

Police revealed the explosive device was actually discovered Tuesday afternoon at a home on Vintage Stave Road near Brodie Lane.

Austin police said members of the Bomb Squad Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) determined the only way to safely dispose of the device was to detonate it inside the house…

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