BOMB SCARE 3-15-17

A possible homemade explosive device caused some anxious moments at a motel on Highway 29 last night. Employees at the Key West Inn at 6900 Pensacola Boulevard, reportedly found the device in a room and moved it to a courtyard before Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies arrived. The Bay County Bomb Squad was called and said it could be a possible destructive device and equipment was used to render it safe. The Key West Inn was evacuated as a precaution, but no injuries were reported.