Report: Pressure cooker discovered under Bronx overpass; Bomb squad en route; Updated

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— LaurieAnn ??‍♂️? (@mooshakins) September 21, 2016

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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.

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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:

#Breaking

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