Police and firefighters examine and remove a device from the roof of a home next to the Chabad House Lubavitch in Santa Monica on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Authorities want to question a transient named Ron Hirsch in connection with the incident. (AP Photo/David Zentz)
This photo provided by the Santa Monica Police Department shows Ron Hirsch, 60, a transient, who has been linked to an explosion April 7, 2011 near Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica,Calif. Police stepped up patrols at synagogues and other houses of worship in Los Angeles looking for Hirsch. (AP Photo/Santa Monica Police Department)
LOS ANGELES - A suspect in the explosion outside a Santa Monica synagogue is believed to have left Southern California.
The FBI said Monday that 60-year-old Ron Hirsch purchased a Greyhound bus ticket to New York and may have boarded the bus on the day of Thursday's blast. Video surveillance indicates that he got off in Denver.
Hirsch, a transient known to spend time at synagogues and other Jewish centers seeking charity, is believed to have family in New York.
Authorities initially thought the blast, which sent a pipe and chunks of concrete into a house next to the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica, was an industrial accident.
They now believe the device was deliberately constructed. Items found at the scene were linked to Hirsch.
Some reward money is available for information in the case, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. Anyone with information on Hirsch's whereabouts is urged to call police at (310) 458-8427; the FBI's number (888) CANT HIDE; or 911.
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