Police are looking for a chubby, shaggy haired man in connection with a reported explosion in central Salina early Monday afternoon.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that officers were dipatched to the 500 block of South Second Street for the report of suspicious activity. Multiple witnesses described hearing a loud "explosion," Forrester explained.
One witness described seeing an approximate 5'8" chubby white male with shaggy dark hair and wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt put something down in the vacant lot, Forrester noted. The subject then hid behind a tree. After the explosion, the subject ran to a newer white pickup, he added.
According to Forrester, evidence at the scene indicated the subject had blown up a bird house or possibly a clock with what might have been a large firework.
Video surveillance from the area is being reviewed, he added.