Los Angeles: Police Station Evacuated After Suspicious Package Found

01.11.2019 | 1:45 AM | LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street station was evacuated while bomb squad officials investigated a suspicious package, Friday morning.

The bomb squad responded to reports of a suspicious package near a red Honda Civic parked in front of the police station in the 7600 block of Broadway around 1:45 AM.

Officers evacuated the building while crews inspected the package which was later determined to be a harmless citronella candle.

The incident lasted several hours before the all clear was issued around 5:15 AM.

The circumstances surrounding the discovery and subsequent scare were not immediately available.

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