WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - West Jordan police and fire personnel were called to 9000 South and 2700 West just before 5:30 Thursday morning to investigate a Molotov cocktail bombing of a Wells Fargo Bank branch.
The incident started after someone spotted a suspicious vehicle parked outside the bank.
"There was obviously a threat," said West Jordan Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Holmes.
According to firefighters, police got a call Thursday morning about a threat at a West Jordan Wells Fargo Bank.
When they arrived they found a broken window at the bank, a 20-year-old man inside the car, and a package that made them nervous.
"You keep a high end of suspicious until proven otherwise, so you're very concerned until there's no reason to be." said Holmes.
Responders arrested the man, called in the bomb squad and began working on diffusing whatever was inside.
The scare shut down traffic on 9000 South.
Responders did not immediately say exactly what they found inside the car but did confirm that the Molotov cocktail was thrown at the bank window.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are involved in the investigation.
"It's a very serious situation" according to Chief Holmes.
Responders do note that the act does not appear to part of the nationwide "Occupy Movement."
Police also discovered a hole in the window on the west side of the building, but it appears that the device did no damage to the interior of the building.
Police said the incident was continuing as a joint investigation with the West Jordan police and fire departments, South Jordan police and fire departments, West Valley and Unified Fire Authority bomb technicians, the FBI and ATF
The incident started after someone spotted a suspicious vehicle parked outside the bank.
"There was obviously a threat," said West Jordan Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Holmes.
According to firefighters, police got a call Thursday morning about a threat at a West Jordan Wells Fargo Bank.
When they arrived they found a broken window at the bank, a 20-year-old man inside the car, and a package that made them nervous.
"You keep a high end of suspicious until proven otherwise, so you're very concerned until there's no reason to be." said Holmes.
Responders arrested the man, called in the bomb squad and began working on diffusing whatever was inside.
The scare shut down traffic on 9000 South.
Responders did not immediately say exactly what they found inside the car but did confirm that the Molotov cocktail was thrown at the bank window.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are involved in the investigation.
"It's a very serious situation" according to Chief Holmes.
Responders do note that the act does not appear to part of the nationwide "Occupy Movement."
Police also discovered a hole in the window on the west side of the building, but it appears that the device did no damage to the interior of the building.
Police said the incident was continuing as a joint investigation with the West Jordan police and fire departments, South Jordan police and fire departments, West Valley and Unified Fire Authority bomb technicians, the FBI and ATF
