Suspicious package in downtown Las Vegas determined to pose no threat
Updated January 17, 2019 - 1:49 pm
Metro police are investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro police are investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas, Jan17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro police are investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro police are investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro police are investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro police officers direct pedestrians as they investigating a suspicious package after responding to a reported bank robbery in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A suspicious package was deemed safe after an investigation that closed streets downtown Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.
The package was discovered while police responded about 9:45 a.m. to the 300 block of South Fourth Street to reports of a bank robbery in progress, Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Aden OcampoGomez said.
Police took someone into custody but found a suspicious package in the process, he said. Metro’s ARMOR unit, an explosives and hazardous materials response team, investigated and the package was eventually determined not to be a threat.
It wasn’t clear what the package was or where it was found.
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