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NY: Police Respond Bomb Scare At Queens Mall Place
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City mall was evacuated Monday morning after police said a hoax device made to look like an explosive was found in a parked vehicle.
John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for counterterrorism, said police received a 911 call from the Queens Place Mall in Elmhurst around 7:30 a.m describing a vehicle with propane tanks and protruding wires.
Police tweeted a photo showing an aerosol-type can, a roll of duct tape, some wires and other items recovered from the vehicle, a black Tesla.
This is the hoax device that was found during the investigation in Queens earlier today. pic.twitter.com/IEUprCpdE4
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) January 4, 2021
Police said they also found a husky inside the car.
UPDATE: The suspicious package in the @NYPD110Pct has been deemed a hoax device.
Immediately upon responding to the initial scene, officers from @NYPDCT and @NYPDSpecialops rescued this husky that was trapped inside the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/Ik9Q8ZEo6q
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) January 4, 2021
