PLATTE CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A disturbance in Platte City earlier in September led law enforcement officials to discover a pipe bomb in the suspect’s backpack.

Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Tuesday, Sept. 9, indicate that Skyler P. Henderson, 25, of Platte City, has been charged with the unlawful possession of an explosive.

A probable cause statement filed by the Platte City Police Department revealed that around 6 p.m. on Sept. 8, law enforcement officials were called to the area of Walingford and O’Rourke Dr. with reports of a disturbance.

First responders noted that the caller reported that Henderson was the suspect and that he was armed. When they arrived, they found him leaving a nearby apartment and stopped him.

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