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2:16 p.m. | Police say the suspicious box outside Lutheran Medical Center was empty.
Jeffco Bomb squad has determined suspicious box at Lutheran is empty. WRPD will continue to investigate further. Pkwy to remain closed for now. pic.twitter.com/FJJZ7aYpUu
— Wheat Ridge Police (@WheatRidgePD) May 1, 2019
1:19 p.m. | Aurora police are warning residents that a shelter in place is still in effect and that they may hear loud noises as they attempt to negotiate with an armed subject who barricaded themselves at 1431 Moline Street.
1:14 p.m. | The Jefferson County Bomb Squad is investigating a box placed outside Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge. Crews have dispatched a robot to get closer to the box. Staff have cleared the area.
12:41 p.m. | Aurora police are asking people in the 1400 block of Moline Street to shelter in place after an armed subject barricaded themselves at 1431 Moline Street.
#APDAlert We are investigating an armed/barricaded subj at 1431 Moline St.
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) May 1, 2019
ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHELTER IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Traffic on Moline between 13th/Colfax is closed. STAY OUT OF AREA.
Updates here. https://t.co/CGgeDfyfAh. pic.twitter.com/slFBlImoGc
12:33 p.m. | Wheat Ridge police are responding to a report of a suspicious package outside Lutheran Medical Center. The Jefferson County Bomb Squad is on scene. Hospital staff is clearing people from the area.
WRPD responded to call of suspicious package at Lutheran Med Ctr. Jeffco Bomb Squad on scene. Avoid 38th and 32nd until further notice. Hospital clearing people out of area. pic.twitter.com/01LrjHWI1b
— Wheat Ridge Police (@WheatRidgePD) May 1, 2019