All-clear given at Target after suspicious suitcase scare

A shopping area is back to normal activity after the Harford County Sheriff's Office found a suspicious package at the Target store in Abingdon.Download the WBAL app.Deputies said the package, which turned out to be suitcases, was reported at 10:48 a.m. Customers at the Target at 403 Constant Friendship Blvd., were evacuated as a precaution, the Sheriff's Office said.The Sheriff's Office investigated and saw writing on a luggage tag affixed to the suitcases.Officials immediately set up a perimeter and evacuated the store and requested the assistance of the bomb squad. Roads were also closed in the area, including Constant Friendship Boulevard at Tollgate Road.Technicians performed a variety of diagnostic tests and found no explosive contents in the suitcases. The luggage contained clothing items.The scene was cleared and the store was able to resume normal activity around 4 p.m.Breaking News FM u local Object

A shopping area is back to normal activity after the Harford County Sheriff's Office found a suspicious package at the Target store in Abingdon.



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Deputies said the package, which turned out to be suitcases, was reported at 10:48 a.m. Customers at the Target at 403 Constant Friendship Blvd., were evacuated as a precaution, the Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office investigated and saw writing on a luggage tag affixed to the suitcases.



Officials immediately set up a perimeter and evacuated the store and requested the assistance of the bomb squad. Roads were also closed in the area, including Constant Friendship Boulevard at Tollgate Road.

Technicians performed a variety of diagnostic tests and found no explosive contents in the suitcases. The luggage contained clothing items.

The scene was cleared and the store was able to resume normal activity around 4 p.m.

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