CNN bureau in New York City evacuated as NYPD investigates suspicious package

FAN Editor

Last Updated Oct 24, 2018 10:59 AM EDT

The New York City Police Department is investigating a suspicious package at the Time Warner Center in New York City, the NYPD confirmed to CBS News.

The NYPD didn’t say to whom the package was addressed. It said a bomb squad was on its way to the Time Warner Center Wednesday morning and that the entire building was evacuated. 

CNN said its bureau in the Time Warner Center has been evacuated “as a precaution.”

“We are being evacuated right now at time warner center in NYC,” Oliver Darcy, a senior media reporter for CNN, tweeted. “Striking scene as alarm went off as @jimsciutto and @PoppyHarlowCNN were on air.”

It is unclear at this time whether the package was related to two suspicious packages addressed to former President Barack Obama’s home in Washington and Hillary Clinton’s residence in Westchester County, New York, or an apparent pipe bomb sent to the home of billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros Tuesday.

The Secret Service said Wednesday that the two packages addressed to Mr. Obama’s home and Hillary Clinton “were intercepted prior to being delivered to their intended location.”

This is a developing story and will be updated. 

© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Free America Network Articles

Leave a Reply

Next Post

Ex-soldier with PTSD pleads guilty to wife's 2016 slaying

A former soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder has pleaded guilty to killing his wife at their North Carolina home. The Fayetteville Observer reports 40-year-old Jesus Guillermo Mora will spend between 36 and 49 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree sex offense Monday. Mary Louise Mora’s […]