<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">An 18-inch pipe bomb — found behind a Catholic church in Philadelphia on Sunday by a passerby — launched an investigation and brought local bomb squad authorities to investigate the scene.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Philadelphia Police Department officials told a local <a href="https://www.fox29.com/news/police-sources-18-pipe-bomb-found-behind-holmesburg-church-near-railroad-tracks">Fox News</a> affiliate that a passerby found a PVC pipe with capped ends and black powder near Conrail train tracks behind St. Dominic&#8217;s Catholic Church just before 1:40 p.m. in Philadelphia&#8217;s Holmesburg section. </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Authorities shut down surrounding streets while a bomb squad removed the pipe bomb and transported it back to police headquarters. </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">No injuries were reported. </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">St. Dominic&#8217;s has not responded to requests for comment.</span></p>
<p>Authorities discovered the pipe bomb one day after Auxiliary Bishop of the Los Angeles David O’Connell was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/catholic-bishops-death-being-handled-as-murder-investigation-los-angeles-officials-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot dead</a> in his home in the Los Angeles County suburb of Hacienda Heights Saturday afternoon.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department said Sunday that authorities investigating the death of O’Connell are handling the situation as a murder investigation, a spokesperson told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">This story is breaking and will be updated.</span></em></p>
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