Times Square Evacuated Again
UPDATE: It has been confirmed that the suspicious package and evacuation is in fact a “false alarm”.
Looks like a “suspicious package” is to blame today.
The suspicious package is a white cooler that was left near the front of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
From MSNBC:
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says police have created some distance between the cooler and are “in an abundance of caution” looking into whether the cooler was abandoned by someone. Browne said no evacuations have been ordered from buildings.
From CNN:
A spokesman for the Times Square Alliance says, according to the NYPD, the following streets are closed:
- East bound on 46th street from 8th Ave
- West bound on 45th street from 6th Ave.
- And the Broadway and 7th Ave plaza between 44th and 47th.
- 44th and 47th streets themselves are not closed.
Tags: NYC, NYPD, Paul Browne, Suspicious Package, Terrorism, Terrorist, Times Square, Times Square Bomb, Times Square Evacuated, Times Square Evacuation
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