Leftover Salmon Days tent piece leads to bomb scare
Published 12:18 pm Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The Bellevue Police Department’s bomb squad was called out to Issaquah last week for a bomb scare that turned out to be false.
Shortly before 3:19 a.m. on Oct. 7, a citizen at Gilman Village reported a device they believed to be a pipe bomb to Issaquah police, according to Bellevue police documents.
Issaquah police summoned bomb techs from Bellevue PD to handle the device, which was rendered safe and deemed not to be an explosive device.
“My guess it was something that turned out to be a tent anchor … or other tent piece left over from Salmon Days,” Issaquah police Cmdr. Chris Wilson said. “But it’s better to be safe than sorry.”
Salmon Days took place Oct. 3-4 on Front Street and Sunset Way.
