UPDATE: Turns out it was nothing but an empty suitcase.
An empty suitcase shut down part of Times Square at the height of the morning rush Wednesday after someone called police to report a potentially suspicious package, the latest sign the city’s jitters have not eased from Saturday’s bombing in Chelsea.
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I suppose the city is going to have to get used to this, even if it turns out to be a false alarm. That said, if somebody saw something suspicious and reported it, that’s a good thing. No telling what could have happened in New Jersey had two homeless men not reported what they found in a trash can.
Right now, the NYPD is shutting down 42nd street at 7th avenue:
BREAKING: NYPD investigating a suspicious package on 42nd St. between 7th and 8th Ave. pic.twitter.com/dAfL4YUC7X
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) September 21, 2016
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BREAKING: NYPD investigating a suspicious package on 42nd St. between 7th and 8th Ave. pic.twitter.com/dAfL4YUC7X
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) September 21, 2016
Photos of the area
Police shutting down 42nd St to investigate suspicious package left outside McDonalds pic.twitter.com/7Rt2JGtTSn
— Mike Sampson (@mjsamps) September 21, 2016
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Police shutting down 42nd St to investigate suspicious package left outside McDonalds pic.twitter.com/7Rt2JGtTSn
— Mike Sampson (@mjsamps) September 21, 2016
42nd Street Times Square just shut down because of a suspicious package @Gothamist @Breaking911 @dnainfo pic.twitter.com/Uii4WH9RfP
— ak_NYC (@KillaKal) September 21, 2016
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42nd Street Times Square just shut down because of a suspicious package @Gothamist @Breaking911 @dnainfo pic.twitter.com/Uii4WH9RfP
— ak_NYC (@KillaKal) September 21, 2016
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