You guys https://t.co/qC1FyvhHup
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/778728337573236736
Uh-oh …
LIVE: We are over the Major Deegan Expressway where police are responding to a suspicious package: https://t.co/Dq3FE31iC6
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 21, 2016
Pressure cooker found under overpass on E 134th St & Alexander Ave at 5:35pm. Major Deegan shutdown. ESU & Bomb Squad on scene. #NYPD #Bronx pic.twitter.com/Iuzl2EJQGT
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) September 21, 2016
Yikes.
https://twitter.com/winningatmylife/status/778729595193335808
Good news is that police didn’t find any wires inside:
UPDATE: Suspicious package under Major Deegan Expressway is a pressure cooker — no wires or cellphone found inside: https://t.co/MPENekUaho
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 21, 2016
More from WABC in New York:
The package, which police said is a pressure cooker, was found at 5:35 p.m. near East 134th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven section. This area runs under the highway.
Police said no wires or cellphone were found inside the device.…
Police are sending the bomb squad to the scene.
Let’s hope it’s nothing. All the same:
The Narrative Disposal Unit is en route https://t.co/XqxIOWthbd
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) September 21, 2016
We’ll win that “narrative fight” if it kills us!
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Update:
#BREAKING: @FDNY, @NYPDSpecialops checking suspicious #pressurecooker under #Deegan, which is closed by Willis Ave Bridge. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/FdnswoKyTN
— Josh Einiger (@JoshEiniger7) September 21, 2016
WABC is now reporting that the situation appears to be under control and everything’s OK:
UPDATE: All clear given after Major Deegan Expressway shut down due to pressure cooker: https://t.co/VViE6AUsu6 pic.twitter.com/t5n7Zciwpx
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 21, 2016
UPDATE: pressure cooker deemed safe; was sitting all alone under the #Deegan. #abc7ny
— Josh Einiger (@JoshEiniger7) September 21, 2016
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Update:
Police were also looking into a suspicious package in SoHo:
We're investigating a suspicious package on the corner of Mercer & Grand in #Soho.
Please stay clear of this area. pic.twitter.com/0M0AZWwwxn
— NYPD 1st Precinct (@NYPD1Pct) September 21, 2016
But they’ve given the all-clear there as well:
UPDATE: All clear also given after suspicious package found on corner of Mercer & Grand in Soho.
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 21, 2016