It is unknown if the package is related to the earlier incident at Publix. The area has been evacuated and they are investigating. Secure your home with sensors and detectors that notify you if an entry has been breached or suspicious movement is detected in your home. In an email message shared by a resident at Atlantic Station, they were told, “At the request of APD, due to a suspicious package, Atlantic Station is immediately shutting down the Atlantic Station district and the parking deck.”
Publix in 2019 joined a number of retailers who ask that customers not openly carry guns in their stores in states where open carry is legal.Ītlanta Police say that health officials are conducting a mental health evaluation of the man in custody and that the investigation is still preliminary and continues at this time.Ītlanta police also responded to a call of a suspicious package shortly after Marley’s arrest at the same location. The incident comes just two days after a gunman killed 10 people at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and just over a week since a shooter killed eight people at spas in the Atlanta area. Police confirmed the devices inside the packages were 'small improvised explosive devices' and described them as 'not sophisticated'. "Our screening process is working and we will keep you updated as we learn more.The firearms, body armor and property recovered during the investigation will be placed into APD evidence. Police are investigating three packages, including one at Waterloo Counter-terrorism police said the incidents were being treated as a 'linked series' but they were 'keeping an open mind regarding motives'. "All mail, at all CNN domestic bureaus, is being screened at off-site facilities as of last Wednesday, so this package would NOT have come directly to the CNN Center, even if it hadn't been intercepted first," Zucker wrote. CNN says suspicious package caught before reaching Atlanta headquarters 190 illegal immigrants removed, 95 Refugees relocated Swiss National nabbed for. On Monday, following the interception of the suspicious package in Atlanta, Zucker said the same protocol would have applied in that incident. Later Wednesday, Atlantic Station the upscale commercial area where the Publix is located said it was shutting down while authorities investigated a suspicious package found onsite. This means that Friday's package "would NOT have come directly to the TWC, even if it hadn't been intercepted first," Zucker said in a Friday memo. Pipe bomb suspect Sayoc is due in court on Monday.Īs a result of Wednesday's package, all mail destined for CNN's US offices is now being screened first at off-site facilities. 3 traffic stop in Buford that turned into an officer. There was no immediate word from authorities on Monday about whether the suspicious package in Atlanta is linked to last week's wave of mail bombs.Īmong the other recipients were former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US Attorney General Eric Holder, California Senator Kamala Harris, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and California Rep. Sheriff Gerald Couch with the Hall County Sheriffs Office shared more details about the nighttime Sept. It was found Friday morning at a post office six blocks away. The second package was addressed to both CNN contributor James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence, and CNN. That package was addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, who actually works for NBC. It spurred a five and a half hour long evacuation of the building. The first package arrived Wednesday morning in the mailroom at Time Warner Center, home to CNN's New York offices. The other two packages addressed to CNN were apparent mail bombs. The package appears identical to the other packages authorities say were sent by pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested on Friday.
The Atlanta Police Department said Monday morning that they responded to a call at 9:38 AM about a suspicious package at a post office near the CNN Center. "There is no imminent danger to the CNN Center." Washington, D.C.’s main train station was briefly evacuated Wednesday during end-of-day rush hour following reports of a suspicious package, according to police and reports on social media.
The package "was intercepted at an Atlanta post office," CNN President Jeff Zucker said in a memo to staffers. The police are evacuating the Gare du Nord station in Paris as my train from Brussels arrives a suspicious package, I learned later. This time, on Monday morning, the package was intercepted in Atlanta, the home to CNN's worldwide headquarters. ACFD Hazmat teams investigated and tests. For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. Tuesday SeptemA package containing brown powdery substance was reported near the executive offices of Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.