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Tropicana Ave. reopened after device deemed safe

Posted at 5:04 PM, Nov 21, 2015
and last updated 2015-11-21 20:04:17-05

Police evacuated a few blocks of West Tropicana Avenue after a suspicious device was found Saturday afternoon.

The device was found in a news stand around 1 p.m. at West Tropicana Avenue and South Procyon Avenue. Tropicana Avenue was shut down from Polaris Avenue to Valley View Boulevard.

Officers found a box and deemed it to be safe. Crime scene tape was removed and the road was being reopened.