DeKalb County Courthouse package posed no threat, official says
A suspicious package that prompted officials to evacuate the DeKalb County Courthouse on Tuesday morning posed no threat, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said.
The DeKalb sheriff’s office evacuated the building about 7:30 a.m. and ordered a temporary closure out of an “abundance of caution” after the package was reported at the entrance of the judicial complex, agency spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said.
Update: People who work in the courthouse told me they evacuated around 7:20 this morning. It looks like the investigation is over. The tape is down and people are going in the courthouse https://t.co/hOb6bV0Ir6
— Kristen Holloway (@KHollowayWSB) May 28, 2019
Decatur and DeKalb police were sent to the scene to investigate. Multiple streets were closed.
People started returning to the courthouse about 9 a.m. after bomb and K-9 units determined the package never posed a threat, Williams said.
Officials have not said what the package was.
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