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KNX Radio Offices Evacuated After Suspicious Package Found [UPDATED]
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A suspicious package found in the Wilshire Boulevard offices that house radio station KNX has forced the evacuation of the building, reports the Mercury News.
The package was reported at about 9:00 a.m. today after being discovered in the lobby. Firefighters and police have been called in, and the bomb squad is expected to follow.
KPCC notes that the package was beeping, and that the station has turned the broadcast over to its sister station, KCBS radio in San Francisco.
KNX is tweeting updates about the situation at @KNX1070. At 9:33, they wrote:
Building housing our sister station KNX in Los Angeles has been evacuated following delivery of beeping package. http://t.co/vaEiQIjl
— KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM (@KCBSRadio) September 25, 2012
And at 10:09, an update:
Bomb techs now checking out suspicious package at our office building.
— KNX News 97.1 FM (@knxnews) September 25, 2012
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UPDATE 10:57 a.m.: The package was found to contain two clocks. Employees have returned to the building.
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