Suspected Pipe Bomb At Oakland Federal Building 'Rendered Safe'

OAKLAND, CA — A possible pipe bomb was found at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Clay Street in Oakland Wednesday afternoon. The device was "rendered safe" by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office bomb squad. The sheriff's office tweeted, "We are doing an additional search around the federal building out of an abundance of caution."

No injuries or damage were reported.

Once everything was over, sheriff's office spokesman Ray Kelly said the device was a hoax, and the person who left it had "a message for law enforcement."

He declined to release further information, saying that was up to the FBI which has taken the lead in the investigation.

At 7:45 p.m., the FBI released a statement about the days events, concluding, "The FBI will continue to follow all logical investigative leads related to this incident. To protect the integrity of the investigation, we have no additional information to provide at this time."

Surveillance video of the person who left the device is in the hands of law enforcement.

No arrests have been announced in the case.

In addition to the FBI and sheriff's office, the Oakland Police Department and the Federal Protective Service responded to the federal building on Wednesday.