Bomb Squad Heading to San Francisco Tenderloin Over Suspicious Device

The San Francisco Police Department’s bomb squad is heading to the Tenderloin district after a suspicious device was found.
Bomb Squad Heading to San Francisco Tenderloin Over Suspicious Device
Jack Phillips
8/3/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

UPDATE: The bomb squad opened up the streets, deeming the object safe, said KTVU.

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The San Francisco Police Department’s bomb squad is heading to the Tenderloin district after a suspicious device was found.

KTVU-TV, which broke the story, wrote on Twitter that the SFPD “has issued a shelter in place in the area of Mason and Turk as they investigate a [suspicious] device. Streets are closed.”

Later, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the device was first found around 7:25 p.m. local time.

A shelter-in-place was set up for nearby buildings, the paper also said.

Officer Gordon Shyy said the bomb squad was heading to the scene.

Traffic will be impacted for around an hour, he said.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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