A man who attempted to rob a payday-loan business on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora on Tuesday afternoon fired shots at an employee and left behind a backpack that he said contained a bomb.
The Adams County Bomb Squad used a blast of water on the device and found what appears to be a bomb.
“(It) was described as having all the makings of an explosive device,” Sgt. Cassidee Carlson, Aurora police spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The incident began at 4:30 p.m. at Ace Cash Express at 11703 E. Colfax Ave.
Nearby streets were closed until about 7 p.m.
Carlson said the man walked into the store, put the backpack on the counter and ordered an employee to give him money.
The worker instead ducked behind a counter, and the man pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired two shots in the direction of the employee, she said. No one was injured.
Police said the man is black and in his early 20s. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs about 165 pounds with a thin build. He was wearing a gray shirt, sunglasses and a black scarf over his face. The Denver Post
