Police officers serving a search warrant on Friday afternoon found a “potentially explosive device,” officials said, leading them to shut down streets in the MacArthur Park area.

A bomb squad from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was called out to disarm the device, police spokeswoman Shaunna Dandoy said. They determined shortly before 6 p.m. that the device was non-explosive, she said.

The device was found in the home police were serving the warrant at about 1:20 p.m. in the 1400 block of Cherry Avenue, she said.

These were the street closures:

Cherry Avenue between 15th and Anaheim Street

East 14th Street between Rose Avenue and Gardenia Avenue

East 15th Street between Rose Avenue and Gardenia Avenue

Police evacuated multiple homes and closed the area until about 6 p.m.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated.