A senior care facility in Franklin is now safe after a bomb was found inside an employee’s car on as she was leaving work.

Authorities were called to NHC Place Cool Springs at 211 Cool Springs Boulevard at 7:15 a.m. when responding officers found what was later determined to be an improvised explosive device, or IED.

It was skillfully built and designed to do massive damage to the woman and facility.

The facility is home to about 220 patients, 60 of whom were relocated to other areas deemed safe by authorities while they investigated the situation.

Bomb specialists from the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation worked to safeguard the bomb.

It was ultimately detonated in a controlled environment outside of the facility, rendering the situation safe and eliminating all risk.

A person of interest was developed and identified as Mitchell Hunter Oakes. He is still sought for questioning and police told News 2 he and the intended victim had some kind of relationship in the past.

Franklin police say he has a violent history and extensive knowledge of bomb making and weapons.

Oakes may have ties to Crossville, Pikeville, and Cookeville in Middle Tennessee.  Sources say Oakes worked at Taft Youth Center years ago and, at the time, lived just across the Cumberland-Bledsoe County line.

Authorities are considering him armed and dangerous. He also has a lengthy criminal history and is wanted on a felony warrant out of Virginia on an unrelated charge out of Virginia.

He is currently wanted on a felony warrant out of Virginia.

If you see Oakes, call 911. Both Franklin police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading police to his whereabouts.