HPD bomb squad investigating suitcase left at bus stop downtown

The intersection of Bell and Travis is shut down as Houston police investigate a suspicious package, Nov. 22, 2013. The intersection of Bell and Travis is shut down as Houston police investigate a suspicious package, Nov. 22, 2013. Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close HPD bomb squad investigating suitcase left at bus stop downtown 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

UPDATE: A Houston police bomb squad found nothing dangerous in a suitcase abandoned at a downtown bus stop Friday. The scene was cleared at 9:45 a.m., an HPD spokesman said.

EARLIER: A suitcase left at a downtown Houston bus stop Friday morning has streets blocked off, adding to the rain-related traffic turmoil.

An unknown caller told the Houston Police Department about 8:30 a.m. Friday that a man left behind a black suitcase after boarding a bus at Travis and Polk streets, a police spokeswoman said.

The HPD bomb squad was called to the scene to investigate, spokeswoman Jodi Silva said.

No information was available on the size of the suitcase or why the caller considered it suspicious, she said.

Silva said she assumed the man got onto a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus.

The spot where the suitcase was left is across the street from HPD headquarters.