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Photos: Police investigating bomb threat near Underground Atlanta

Police investigating bomb threat near Underground Atlanta

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Atlanta police Sgt. Greg Lyon said just before 8 a.m. that the department’s bomb squad was investigating a “suspicious device” in a vehicle on Pryor Street. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Atlanta police Sgt. Greg Lyon said just before 8 a.m. that the department’s bomb squad was investigating a “suspicious device” in a vehicle on Pryor Street. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COMM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Officers were still on the scene just before 7 a.m. Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that motorists avoid Decatur, Wall and Pryor streets as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. Police responded to a bomb threat call in the 100 block of Alabama Street around 4:30 am., according to police dispatch logs. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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There was heavy police activity in the area of Underground Atlanta at daybreak Tuesday as officers investigated an apparent bomb threat. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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