PASADENA, CA — Both sides of the 210 Freeway were closed at Lake Avenue in Pasadena along with the nearby Metro Station Wednesday morning while the bomb squad responded to a suspicious package that turned out to be a jacket.

Police responded to a report of a suspicious item at the Gold Line Metro Station at 8:23 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Transit Division. "It ended up being an article of clothing," said Ramon Montenegro, spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Transit Policing Division.

A man had reportedly thrown the jacket onto the freeway from the adjacent Gold Line Metro station. "It was determined that the suspicious package contained some kind of device," said Transit Policing Division Lt. Marc Lucio. "We didn't know if it was active or inactive so the bomb squad was called out to handle it."



The man who allegedly threw the jacket was later arrested. "The original call was about this man acting suspicious," Montenegro. "He was getting on and on off the train, but not really going anywhere."

After throwing the jacket onto the freeway, the man rode the train to the Memorial Park stop, where he was met by police.



#UPDATE: Bomb Squad robot inspects suspicious pkg that shut down the 210 Freeway in #Pasadena. pic.twitter.com/4DwupVU37y

— Joe Studley (@JoeStudley) December 7, 2016 "He had actually left the scene when he threw the article of clothing," Montenegro said. "When our deputies met up with him he was combative and is now under arrest for fighting with our deputies."

The California Highway Patrol stopped traffic on the eastbound side of the 210 Freeway at Lake Avenue at 9:06 a.m., explained CHP Officer Peter Nicholson. As a precaution, authorities closed down the other side of the freeway a short time later. The Gold Line station was closed, and buses shuttled passengers between the Allen and Memorial Park stations.