A San Francisco police bomb squad is responding to the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood, where a suspicious package has been reported, police said.
5:39 PM: A San Francisco elementary school in the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood was evacuated after a suspicious package was discovered nearby this afternoon, police said.
The package was found in the 600 block of Sixth Avenue at 2:40 p.m., police Officer Albie Esparza said.
A bomb squad responded and determined a little more than an hour later that the report was without merit, Sgt. Carlos Manfredi said.
Sixth Street had been shut down between Balboa and Cabrillo streets, and an apartment building was also evacuated, Esparza said.
The package was discovered in an alleyway, he said.
Manfredi said that the streets reopened and the evacuation orders were lifted at about 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco Unified School District spokeswoman Gentle Blythe said most students who attend Frank McCoppin Elementary School, which is located on that block, had already gone home for the day when the package was reported. The school dismisses students at 2:45 p.m., she said.
About 100 students who remained on the K-5 campus for after-school programs were safely evacuated at about 3 p.m. to a nearby location. Blythe said the school has been contacting parents to come pick up the students.
“Those who cannot be picked up will remain with teachers until their parents can arrive,” Blythe said.
3:28 PM: A San Francisco police bomb squad is responding to the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood, where a suspicious package has been reported, police said.
The package was discovered in the 600 block of Sixth Avenue at 2:40 p.m., police Officer Albie Esparza said.
Sixth Street has been shut down between Balboa and Cabrillo streets, and a nearby school and an apartment building have been evacuated, Esparza said.
The package was discovered in an alleyway, he said.
Esparza did not know which school had been evacuated, but Frank McCoppin Elementary School is located on that block.
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