The NAACP headquarters in Colorado Springs, Co. (Photo Credit: Yahoo News)
The NAACP headquarters in Colorado Springs, Co.  (Photo Credit: Yahoo News)
The NAACP headquarters in Colorado Springs, Co.
(Photo Credit: Yahoo News)

Jesse Paul of the Denver Post is reporting that an improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, officials said. The explosion knocked items off the office walls but no one was injured. The FBI and authorities have a suspect in the crime. Paul writes:

“According to the the FBI, officials are seeking a ‘potential person of interest,’ described as a balding white male, about 40 years old.

‘He may be driving a 2000 or older model dirty, white pick-up truck with paneling, a dark colored bed liner, open tailgate, and a missing or covered license plate,’ the FBI said in a statement said.”

This story is developing.

Read more at The Denver Post.

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