Federal and local law enforcement officials responded to an explosion near the NAACP’s Colorado Springs, Colo. chapter, according to The Gazette.
The blast knocked items off the walls in the building that houses the NAACP, but nobody was injured. According to the Gazette, NAACP volunteers found a gas can with an incendiary device outside of the office building.
Henry Allen Jr., president of the chapter, told The Gazette he did not yet consider the explosion a hate crime.
“We believe in civil rights for all, and really we won’t work in fear and we won’t be deterred,” he said. “This won’t deter us from doing the job we want to do in the community.”
The FBI has not yet determined whether the explosive was meant for the NAACP office, according to the Denver Post.
“The investigation is ongoing and it is not known at this time if the NAACP or a business in the vicinity was the intended target,” Amy Sanders, an FBI special agent, told the Post. “There are no known injuries at this time and minor damage to the building and sidewalk where the explosion occurred.”
