Rissa Shaw

KCEN-TV, Waco, Texas

ROSEBUD, Texas — The McLennan County Sheriff’s office and a bomb squad used a water cannon to breach a suspicious device found under a bridge Tuesday night.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blasted water on the container found just outside Rosebud off Farm to Market Road 1963.

Flammable liquid and shotgun shells were found inside the container, according to Sheriff Parnell McNamara. He said the IED was designed to blow shrapnel and would have been "extremely dangerous" had it gone off.

"Someone had made this to create lots of damage and harm," McNamara said.

There were no injuries. The liquid was being sent to a lab for analysis.

No motive or suspects were named as the investigation continued early Wednesday.

Rosebud, about 40 miles southeast of Waco, is home to about 1,400 people.

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