Gunman had explosives

Source: The Hill

U.S. Capitol Police found explosive materials in the impounded pickup truck driven by the man charged with carrying a loaded shotgun on Capitol Hill, according to sources.

The components that could be used to make a pipe bomb were discovered behind the passenger seat on Feb. 8 — three weeks after Michael Gorbey was taken into custody, a source told The Hill.

However, Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said no bomb or explosive device had been found, instead stating that it was a “suspicious substance.”

Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer confirmed Monday that Capitol Police found “hazardous material” in the green Chevrolet pickup that Gorbey drove shortly before he was arrested on Jan. 18.

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A procrastinating bomber?

He really intended to get around to putting together that pipe bomb before then. He was just busy doing other things and it slipped his mind.

I see old TG landed on his feet!!!

He resigned from the Cap Police after some mini-scandal--something to do with his kid??? A smidgen of nepotism?

I'd lost track of him...missed the fact that Harry Reid must have hooked him up~!! Heh, heh!!!!!

You'd think they had probable cause!! A little slow on the warrant procuring, I guess...


The truck was stored in one of the storage facilities on Capitol Hill while police obtained a search warrant, Gainer said.


“It’s not uncommon in cases like this for a specialized unit to neutralize the threat and then obtain a search warrant for further investigation,” said Gainer, who is also a former Capitol Police chief.


Gorbey, 38, was arrested for carrying a loaded shotgun near the Supreme Court.


A Capitol Police bomb squad used a robotic water cannon to disrupt the contents of the truck, checking for possible explosives on Jan. 18. They found several propane tanks but determined that the vehicle parked posed no explosive danger. The criminal investigative unit then took possession of the vehicle.


Authorities received a search warrant and probed the truck further on Feb. 8, finding the makings of an explosive device hidden beneath a towel behind the passenger seat of the truck, according to the source.


The source added that there was no intact detonator and that the bomb could not therefore be activated.


A potential pipe bomb in a vehicle driven by a convicted felon apprehended with a loaded shotgun is certain to bring to mind the last deadly shooting on Capitol Hill.




It ain't on Gainer, though--it's on the Cap Cops!

And do you think the news will ever report that?

Tesha