Crime & Safety
WWII-era RPG Found at Abandoned Silicon Valley Building: Police
The discovery prompted a brief scare on Friday, until the local bomb squad deemed it inactive.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- A bomb squad determined a suspicious package Friday at an abandoned building in Mountain View posed no danger, police said.
Police reported at 10:30 a.m. that the area around a building in the 200 block of Hope Street is safe.
The package was an old military device, according to police.
Officers first reported the package on Twitter at 9:04 a.m. Police evacuated businesses surrounding the 200 block of Hope Street, which is near the Mountain View Caltrain station, because of the package.
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The 200 blk of Hope St. is currently closed due to a suspicious item found in an abandoned building. Avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/jjbyVE29Uo
— Mountain View Police (@MountainViewPD) July 1, 2016
The @SCCoSheriff Bomb Squad is on scene to assist. Hope Street is still closed. pic.twitter.com/YYChzx1rgP
— Mountain View Police (@MountainViewPD) July 1, 2016
UPDATE: Here is an image of the device we found this morning. It is a WWII-era RPG. It is inert, or "not-active." pic.twitter.com/Y63BeYXHtZ
— Mountain View Police (@MountainViewPD) July 1, 2016
--Bay City News/Image courtesy of MVPD
