Cops investigating ‘suspicious package’ near Central Park in NYC
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Published
May 12, 2022
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May 12, 2022, 12:40 p.m. ET
The NYPD was investigating a suspicious package that was spotted outside Central Park on the Upper East Side Thursday morning, police said.
The “unattended plastic, black box” that was “shoebox-size and chained to a fence” was found on Fifth Avenue and East 85th Street around 8:15 a.m., a police source said.
The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was investigating, cops said.
Fifth Avenue was temporarily closed from East 86th Street to East 85th Street, police said.