Police find no threat in suspicious package outside school of medicine
Police closed a portion of Westwood Plaza Monday as LAPD’s bomb squad investigated a suspicious package on campus. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
By Roberto Luna Jr.
May 16, 2016 6:16 p.m.
Police determined the suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon was not a threat.
UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Monday. The Los Angeles Police Department investigated the package and determined at 6:30 p.m. there was no threat.
Westwood Plaza, which was closed during the investigation, is now open to pedestrians and traffic.
Roberto Luna Jr. is currently a senior staffer covering Westwood, crime and transportation. He was previously an assistant News editor from 2015-2016 and a News contributor from 2014-2015.
Roberto Luna Jr. is currently a senior staffer covering Westwood, crime and transportation. He was previously an assistant News editor from 2015-2016 and a News contributor from 2014-2015.
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