On Saturday, January 22, 2011, at approximately 4:59 p.m., Waterloo Police Officers and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the Waterloo Public Library, located at 415 Commercial Street, on the report of a small explosion. 

Responding personnel found what appeared to be an improvised explosive device inside the Library. 

The Waterloo Police Department’s Bomb Squad responded and found a small chemical explosive device that had initiated.  The Library sustained no physical damage and there were no injuries from the explosion. 

This incident remains under investigation. 

Sgt. Rob C. Camarata
Watch II Investigations