A person discovered useless from a doable improvised explosive system in Antioch, California, despatched neighborhoods into lockdown and bomb squads scrambling on Monday.

Police responding to a name at round 7:30 a.m. discovered a white male in his mid 50s mendacity on the street, division spokesman Darryl Saffold instructed East County At the moment. The unresponsive man had suffered "extreme trauma" and was decided to be deceased after a examine of his important indicators, he stated.

The bomb squad from close by Walnut Creek Police Division have been introduced in after police discovered wires positioned close to the physique which are believed to be a part of an improvised explosive system, stated Saffold.

The physique was present in a residential space within the East Bay metropolis of about 115,000. The invention put a number of colleges into lockdown and police ordered close by residents to shelter in place whereas police investigated, in response to division Fb submit.

"Please don't name 9-1-1 except you might have a LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY," the division wrote in its submit.

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Police tape at against the law scene. On Monday, police in Antioch, California, put colleges in lockdown and closed off neighborhoods due to a possible bomb risk. carlballou/Getty Pictures

Shortly earlier than 3 p.m. on Monday, police lifted the shelter-in-place order. However questions stay.

Police have not recognized the person and haven't positioned casings or a be aware within the space, Saffold instructed reporters. Police do not know if the person's demise, which they're calling "suspicious," was intentional or unintentional, in response to Saffold.

"The sufferer suffered extreme trauma," stated Saffold. "And so we aren't ruling something out."

There have been three different current homicides within the metropolis, however Saffold states the police do not assume the Monday incident is expounded. Police discovered a double murder on Saturday after responding to a welfare name, and earlier final week police discovered an injured, unresponsive man within the car parking zone of a liquor retailer after responding to studies of gunfire. The person later died from his accidents.

A number of native and federal businesses have been introduced in to research, studies the East Bay Occasions. As of early Monday afternoon, brokers from the FBI, ATF, Division of Homeland Safety, BART police and others, together with these with bomb-smelling canine, have been nonetheless on the location.

There are not any indicators of different explosive units in colleges or neighborhoods, Saffold stated, in response to CBS affiliate KPIX-TV.

Newsweek has reached out to the Antioch Police Division for added particulars.

In December, colleges throughout the nation closed in response to threats of violence pushed by social media, together with TikTok. Whereas legislation enforcement in some areas decided the threats weren't credible they nonetheless despatched officers to colleges as a deterrent.