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Suspicious package scare ends at Las Vegas shopping area

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 16, 2018 - 7:37 am
 
Updated October 16, 2018 - 8:38 am
An officer wearing explosive gear is seen investigating mailboxes and a box in front of the Smith's on Flamingo and Sandhill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
An officer wearing explosive gear is seen investigating mailboxes and a box in front of the Smith's on Flamingo and Sandhill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Las Vegas police evacuated the Paradise Marketplace shopping center at Flamingo Road and Sandhill Road because of a suspicious package on Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate a suspicious package at Paradise Marketplace shopping center at Flamingo Road and Sandhill Road on Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Smith's grocery store employees watch as Las Vegas Police are investigating a suspicious package at the Paradise Marketplace center on Flamingo and Sandhill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Las Vegas police evacuated the Paradise Marketplace shopping center at Flamingo Road and Sandhill Road because of a suspicious package on Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police evacuated the Paradise Marketplace shopping center at Flamingo Road and Sandhill Road because of a suspicious package on Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate a suspicious package at the Paradise Marketplace center on Flamingo and Sandhill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Las Vegas police investigate a suspicious package at the Paradise Marketplace center on Flamingo and Sandhill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas police briefly evacuated a southeast valley shopping center Tuesday morning while they investigated a suspicious package.

The package was reported about 6:30 a.m. at Paradise Marketplace at Flamingo and Sandhill roads, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Sims said. It was determined to pose no threat about 8:20 a.m.

Metro’s explosives and hazardous materials team and members of the Las Vegas Fire Department responded to the reports. They evacuated employees and blocked off Flamingo and Sandhill during the investigation. The streets have reopened.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0365. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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