Suspicious Package Winds Up Being an Empty Suitcase

A suspicious package caused an area of Wilmington, Del. to be closed off this morning.

The package was discovered by a tip caller around 6 a.m. at W 4th and N Adams Streets, according to Wilmington Police.

The area is not far from where Iinterstate-95 cuts through the city.

The caller told police that a brown suitcase was left at the northwest corner of the intersection.

Police closed Adams Street at W. 2nd Street as the bomb squad investigated. W 4th Street remained open throughout the investigation.

The bomb squad eventually discovered that nothing was in the suitcase and after three hours or so the road was reopened.

Police didn't say who left the suitcase on the corner. 

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