CHEYENNE — Things are expected to be back to normal today at the Wyoming State Capitol after the building was evacuated and closed most of Tuesday for the investigation of a suspected improvised explosive device.

Authorities evacuated the building around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday following reports of a suspected IED inside the Capitol. In a news release sent out around 6 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) public information officer Aaron Brown said the object was found by a pedestrian on the surface of the large state seal embedded in the concrete in front of the building, facing 24th Street.

That person took the object into the historic building, where WHP troopers were alerted, the release said. The neighboring Herschler Building was placed on a shelter-in-place status as people were evacuated

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