About 300 students were allowed back into their dorm rooms shortly after 6:00 a.m. at Texas State University following a bomb hoax that forced an evacuation for about four hours.
Texas State officials say the incident began after midnight when a police officer spotted a person smoking in violation of the school's smoke-free campus policy. The officer found a potentially explosive device in the back of the individual's pickup truck, which officials said had an ignition mechanism attached.
The Austin Police Department Bomb Squad arrived shortly after 1:30 a.m. and found another suspicious package in the truck and detonated that device as a precaution.
Students at the College Inn residence hall were evacuated shortly before 2 a.m. and safely returned to their dorm around 6 a.m.
Police said the suspect fled on foot but was caught and is in custody.
