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WEBVTT -- TO ANALYZE THOSE.THE INVESTIGATION IS WRAPPINGUP.PARKED AT THEWEST SACRAMENTOENTRANCE TO THE TOWER BRIDGE,POLICE SAY THIS IS THE WOMANTHAT SHUT DOWN CAPITOL AVENUE.SEEN HERE STARING OUT HER WINDOWAND THEN BENDING DOWN INSIDE THECAR.WITNESSES SAY SHE PARKED HEREAROUND 2:40 AND SEEMEDDETERMINED IN HER ACTION.>> I SAW THE WOMAN IN HER CARAND SHE HAD WIRES IN HER HANDTHAT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD COMEFROM THE TRUNK.SHE STARTED TO SHOVE THE WIRESIN A GAS TANK.WHEN I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT,WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.TOM: WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEYFELT THE SAME THING, SHUTTINGDOWN THE BRIDGE AND NEARBY ROADSFOR SEVERAL BLOCKS.>> OFFICERS RAISED THE RED FLAGAND BACKED.TOM: THE BOMB SQUAD AND SWATTEAM WERE CALLED IN.AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR AND AHALF OF WAITING, THEY MOVED IN,FIRST WITH OFFICERS ON FOOT,FOLLOWED BY A SWAT TRUCK.AFTER MAKING IT TO THE REAR OFTHE VEHICLE, THE WOMANSURRENDERED.SHE GOT OUT HOLDING A SIGNASKING FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER.SHE DROPPED IT AND THEN WALKEDBACKWARDS TO THE OFFICERS ANDWAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.>> WE WILL TAKE A SLOW APPROACH.TOM: INCIDENT CREATED MAJORHEADACHES FOR COMMUTERS.OFFICERS ASKED PEOPLE WHO LIVEIN THE AREA TO SHELTER IN PLACE.I'M THINKING, JESUS, THERE ISA BOMB.WHO KNOWS HOW BIG THE BUNKM.V.P. BE.I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.-- WHO KNOWS HOW BIG THE BOMBCAN BP OR I HAVE TO GET OUT OFHERE.

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A woman who blocked Tower Bridge with her car and claimed to have a bomb inside was identified Wednesday as a Sacramento resident. Karen Jeffery, 58, was booked into Yolo County Jail on Tuesday on a felony charge of making terrorist threats, according to the West Sacramento Police Department. Investigators are still conducting tests on the deices that were found in her car, but there is no evidence yet of an explosives in her car, police said Wednesday. Jeffery's motive for making the threats remains unclear. -- Jeffery parked her maroon sedan on the Tower Bridge Gateway near Raley Field about 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, and wires could be seen coming out of the car's gas tank. "We’re going to take a slow approach and a methodical approach, and we’re going to figure out what those wires are," West Sacramento Police Sgt. Rodger Kinney said. "Just kind of the circumstances surrounding this, with her on the bridge stopping traffic, blocking out windows, we don’t know what the motivation is -- and we still don’t know what the motivation is." While Jeffery was detained about 4:20 p.m., officers worked into the night to make sure the car was safe. Police said they found several suspicious devices in the car. "We don’t know if this is some sort of an explosive device, and we’re going to air on the side of caution," Kinney said. "If an officer sees something that based on their experience says, 'Hey that doesn’t look right,' they’re going to err on the side of caution, and we’re going to back off." Police talked to Jeffery before they backed away from her car and closed down the area. Jeffery was taken in for questioning, and while she answered some of the investigators questions, she refused to answer some, police said. People living nearby were asked to shelter in place when the incident began. The advisory was lifted around 8:25 p.m. "I was thinking, 'Jeez, if there’s a bomb, like who knows how big the bomb could be,'" nearby resident Derek Ikeda said. "I need to get out of here if it’s still live." Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians were turned around as officers investigated the scene, but all road closures were lifted about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday. No other details were released.