HARVEY COUNTY—Authorities with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are now investigating an exploded device found on the street in Newton.
Just before 5:30a.m. Thursday, police in Newton responded to a report of shots fired in the 1500 Block of North Anderson in Newton, according to a media release from police.
At around 10:25 a.m., a cyclist reported what appeared to be an exploded homemade device in the street. North Anderson was temporarily closed to traffic between 15th Street and Terrace Drive. The ATF is taking the device for lab analysis. There were no injuries reported.