2:25 PM: A bomb squad has disposed of a suspicious item reported this afternoon in San Francisco’s Mission District, a police spokesman said.
The department received a call at 10:27 a.m. reporting the item in the area of 26th Street and San Jose Avenue, police spokesman Albie Esparza said.
Esparza did not have details about the nature of the object.
Occupants of nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution, Esparza said.
Several streets were closed to facilitate the investigation, and police had asked people to steer clear of an area bounded by 25th and 26th streets and Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue.
Those streets reopened at about 1:30 p.m.
1:29 PM (Eve Batey): According to Alert SF, those streets have reopened.
The threat that closed them? According to the Chron, someone donated what resembled a cannon ball to the Salvation Army at 1500 Valencia St.
Police closed the area to remove to object more safely, they report.
12:18 PM: San Francisco police are asking people to stay away from part of the city’s Mission District while a bomb squad investigates reports of a suspicious item in the area, a police spokesman said.
The department received a call at 10:27 a.m. reporting a “suspicious item” in the area of 26th Street and San Jose Avenue, police spokesman Albie Esparza said.
As of noon, a bomb squad was en route to the scene and occupants of nearby buildings were being evacuated as a precaution, Esparza said.
Several streets have been closed to facilitate the investigation, and police are asking people to steer clear of the area bounded by 25th and 26th streets and Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue.
Patricia Decker, Bay City News
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