‘Suspicious package’ left at Metro headquarters

Las Vegas Fire & Rescue on scene at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Courtesy of LVMPD)

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By Taylor Lane / Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Updated May 11, 2023 - 6:08 pm

A “suspicious package” was received at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters Tuesday afternoon, police said in a news release.

The package was collected at Building C, where the Records and Fingerprint Bureau is housed. The bureau closed for the day.

#BREAKING: We are investigating a suspicious item containing an unknown substance at our Headquarters, Building C at 400 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.
LVMPD ARMOR is on scene with @LasVegasFD
The Records and Fingerprint Bureau has closed for the day.
Please avoid area for now. pic.twitter.com/TCVPPzvvIB

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) May 11, 2023

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