Tampa bomb squad deems suspicious item on bus bench as a non-hazard
Scene of suspicious package in Tampa.
TAMPA, Fla. - Cypress Street has reopened after the Tampa Police Department bomb squad determined that a suspicious item left behind on a bus bench was not a hazard.
According to Corporal Adam Carroll with the TPD bomb squad, someone reported the unusual item because it looked odd sitting on the bench.
When officers arrived, Corporal Carroll said they couldn’t tell what the item was and it looked like it had been taken apart and reassembled.
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The bomb squad used a robot and x-rays to determine that the unidentified item did not pose a threat.
A person reported the suspicious device on a bus bench Friday afternoon.
"Just something that was left behind on a bus bench and out of caution we took all the steps," Corporal Carroll stated.
Carroll says the public should say something if they see something suspicious and the incident was good training for the bomb squad.