The detectives from the Arson/Bomb Unit have determined that the device used by the suspect this morning was not an explosive.  It was fashioned to look like a pipe bomb, but it was not a real explosive device.  Refer to the previous post on the photo of the device.

On March 12th, at approximately 8:11 AM,  a complainant called 911 to report that a black male dressed in black clothing had entered a local mission in the 300 Block of 2nd Avenue Ext. South and threatened to blow the place up.  The suspect had a suspicious looking device taped to his wrist and had [...]

Suspect Jymaika S. Hutson, wanted for an April 2007 homicide in the Central District, is now in custody.  He was arrested this morning at approximately 9:00 a.m., in Thurston County by the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force. He is currently being interviewed by detectives and will be booked later into the King County Jail.

Here is a high resolution phot0 of the device in question.  It is a metal pipe with metal endcaps on both sides.  There is tape on this device which is what the suspect used to secure it to his left hand.