OCALA, Fla. — A pipe bomb was discovered Saturday afternoon at a Quality Inn, the Ocala Police Department said.
Police said they were called shortly after 1:15 p.m. to the motel on Southwest College Road near Southwest 34th Avenue after the bomb was discovered near a swimming pool.
Investigators said they evacuated the motel and called in members of the Marion County Sheriff's Office's bomb squad, who detonated the bomb shortly after 3:45 p.m.
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Police said there doesn't appear to be any further threat.
The incident remains under investigation.
No other details were given.
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