Bomb squad gives 'all clear' at Downtown bus station

Some Downtown streets were closed for more than an hour Monday morning as police investigated a suspicious package at the Indianapolis Transit Center.

The package turned out to be a bed roll and a box containing a cooking pan and dishes. But it was left on a bench at the bus station near Delaware and Washington streets only hours after a terrorism-related explosion occurred at a busy transit hub in New York City. Four people, including the suspect, were injured in the New York blast, USA Today reported. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening.

In Indianapolis, an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department bomb squad officer wearing heavy protective clothing and helmet set a camera and took an X-ray image of the box before determining the package was safe.

The transit center and streets in a two-block radius were shut down before 10 a.m. Buses were detoured while the package was being investigated.

Officers gave the all clear about 11 a.m.

Call IndyStar reporter Vic Ryckaert at (317) 444-2701. Follow him on Twitter: @VicRyc.