SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Police Department Bomb Squad safely recovered a small homemade device that was discovered outside Providence Sacred Heart hospital.

A concerned citizen found the device brought it to Sacred Heart security just before 7 p.m. Thursday. Security cordoned off the area until police arrived.

The bomb squad was able to render the device safe. Police said the device appeared to be a small pipe bomb that could have injured a person had it detonated nearby but did not believe it was large enough to damage hospital structure.