The FBI has released a description of a "person of interest" in the explosion at the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday.
The FBI is looking for a balding white man in his 40s, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. The man is possibly driving a dirty white pickup truck, 2000 model or older. The truck has paneling, an open tailgate and either a missing or covered license plate.
"Some neighbors came out and said they saw a Caucasian gentleman get into white truck," said Gene Southerland, owner of Mr. G's Hair Design Studios, according to The Gazette. Mr. G's Hair Design Studios is in the same building as the NAACP office.
"It was such a beautiful day and everything, sunny. And in broad daylight, you hear this explosion. It's frightening," he told The Gazette."I had a corrections officer in my chair, and he said it sounded like a shotgun blast."
As HNGN reported previously, a device against the wall of the building exploded just before 11 a.m. on Tuesday. A gas next to the device did not ignite. No one was injured.
Henry Allen Jr., president of the chapter, told The Gazette that he is hesitant to label the attempt a hate crime, but said the NAACP "will not be deterred" from doing its job.
The NAACP's national chapter released a statement Tuesday, according to The Gazette, stating it "looks forward to a full and thorough investigation into this matter by federal agents and local law enforcement."
Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to call the Denver FBI's tip line at 303-435-7787.
