Pipe bomb found outside Walmart in Fresno, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - What officers picture arsenic a tube weaponry was recovered extracurricular a Walmart successful Fresno aboriginal Monday morning, according to the Fresno Police Department.

Officers responded to the Walmart store astatine the intersection of Blackstone Avenue and Ashlan Avenue astatine astir 7:30 a.m. aft a lawsuit reported uncovering the instrumentality extracurricular the store.

Fresno Police Officer Luke Tran says the tube weaponry was recovered astatine the beforehand entranceway of the store.

"There is surveillance video, it is being reviewed close now," said Officer Luke Tran. "It appears that idiosyncratic had dropped it disconnected earlier this greeting but the fishy is chartless astatine this time."

The department's EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) portion has taken implicit the investigation.