Bomb squad removes suspicious device in Philadelphia's Holmesburg neighborhood

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Police Department's bomb squad unit removed a device that looked like a pipe bomb from a street in the city's Holmesburg section.

The suspicious device was discovered on Frankford Avenue near Blakiston Street.

According to police, a passerby spotted the PVC pipe with capped ends and black powder on it.

The bomb squad shut down the road and carefully took that device back to their headquarters for further investigation.

No injuries were reported.

Further details on the investigation have not been released.