By Veronica Nett
Staff writer
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BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. -- A Cabell County man was killed early Saturday outside a Barboursville bar by a pipe bomb that he made, authorities said.
The bomb exploded in the parking lot of Cactus Joe's on U.S. 60 around 2:30 a.m., killing the man, a Cabell County 911 dispatcher said.
The bomb apparently was intended for the man's ex-wife, the dispatcher said, adding that the couple was from the Barboursville area and had a history of domestic incidents.
No other injuries were reported.
Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas told The Associated Press that 20 to 30 residents were evacuated from the area while investigators searched for more bombs. The West Virginia State Police said its bomb technicians found and defused two other bombs.
The man's name has not been released.
Cactus Joe's is located in the 6300 block of U.S. 60 in Barboursville, across the street from Kroger.
McComas said the investigation is ongoing. Few other details were released.
A phone message left by the Gazette-Mail at the Cabell County Sheriff's Department has not been returned.
Around the time of the explosion, about 2,300 Appalachian Power customers lost service for about four hours, said company spokesman Phil Moye.
Appalachian Power officials believe the outage was related to the explosion, but haven't confirmed that because they could not find specific damage to any power lines, Moye said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Reach Veronica Nett at veroni...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5113.
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