FBI investigates reported device thrown at Atlanta ICE building

The FBI is investigating a report that an incendiary device was thrown at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta on October 20. Authorities reported no injuries and no known threat to public safety, while the device’s effects remained uncertain in initial accounts. The FBI said the incident was reported at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at 180 Ted Turner Drive SW. The building houses ICE offices and Atlanta’s immigration court. Atlanta police responded before federal investigators arrived, according to reporting on the scene. FBI personnel and evidence-response technicians were collecting evidence, the bureau said. Atlanta police reported no injuries, and the FBI said there was no known threat to public safety. The FBI also said there were no reports of significant damage. A later FBI post described the object as a Molotov cocktail-style device and said it caused minor damage, but a local television crew reported seeing no signs of fire or damage. The available accounts do not establish whether the device ignited. Investigators reportedly collected a plastic lighter, a shopping bag and items appearing to be bottles of lighter fluid from near the building....