A “suspicious package” report near 46th Street and Larchwood Avenue wreaked some havoc in the area on Friday. As many neighbors in the area witnessed, the discovery prompted heavy police and firefighters presence, blocked streets and even a helicopter circling in the area. “There was quite a show of force between the cops and firefighters to address it – whatever it was,” one neighbor tweeted.
According to Joe Murray of the Southwest Detectives, the cause was a “remote control that someone thought could be a bomb.”
The suspicious package was discovered Friday morning, around 10:20 a.m. After checking on it, the police gave an “all-clear” about 20 minutes later.
April 28th, 2014 at 1:40 pm
A remote control?? They shut down streets for a remote control? Should I be calling 911 every trash day when I see a remote control and a 27 inch Zenith on the curb???
April 28th, 2014 at 2:01 pm
This reminds me of this incident which in fact happened in University City, defined broadly…
http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/spring2012/features/poetry.html
The line between prudence and paranoia seems to become more diffcult to draw these days.
April 28th, 2014 at 2:43 pm
i was once in a supermarket that was evacuated because of a duffel bag left outside against the front. bomb squad came with a remote control car thingy and planted an explosive and blew it up. turns out the bag was full of meat.
April 28th, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Now I really need to know what was in that suspicious package.
April 28th, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Hopefully whoever called that one in is not patrolling the streets on recycling day.
April 29th, 2014 at 12:19 am
Wow, it must have been a lot of havoc wreaked. I live there, was working at home Friday morning and never heard or saw a thing!