Deputies: Bomb squad at scenes of 2 Las Cruces churches

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1. Explosions go off near two Las Cruces churches

Posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015 10:30 am
Updated: 6:03 pm, Sun Aug 2, 2015
Robert Nott
The New Mexican

.. "It was a real bomb, I saw all the parts," said Cavalry Baptist member Dennis Llewellyn, who said he was outside the church when the explosive went off.

Llewellyn said he was a former special operations forces member with the Marines and recognized the bomb parts that included an Eveready battery. He and fellow church member, Mike Stewart, kept churchgoers arriving for the 8:30 a.m. service from going into the building during the five to 10 minutes it took for police to arrive. Stewart was the one to notice the debris and damaged mailbox, the two men said.

Llewellyn described the explosion as loud, and Stewart, who was inside, said it shook the building. Llewellyn said there were about 30 people inside the building when the explosion occurred ...

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