Explosive device tossed, detonates near Missouri patrol car
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Authorities are investigating whether police were targeted when someone tossed an explosive device at a patrol car along a Missouri highway.
No one was injured Thursday when the device detonated on the pavement behind a westbound police patrol vehicle along Missouri 58 in Raymore, a Kansas City suburb. Investigators say the device was thrown from an eastbound vehicle.
John Ham is a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Ham says the device was "likely homemade" and could've caused "severe injury." He declined to provide further details.
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Ham says the concern is the unidentified suspect "targeted law enforcement."
A $5,000 reward is available for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Ham says dashcam video isn't available because the patrol vehicle's lights and sirens weren't activated.