![]() The MTA is using buses to ferry passengers around the blocked section of line, which runs. Later in the afternoon, investigators used several controlled explosions to detonate the package, Montenegro said. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority website said the package is in a tree. The incident caused frayed nerves on the line, as officials sought to connect anxious commuters with alternate transportation. ![]() “Any time you get a call for a suspicious package, you get a huge response,” said LAPD Officer Aareon Jefferson. A woman who is suing the founder of the former Leo’s Stereo chain, alleging she was vastly underpaid for hours worked caring for his elderly wife and that he wrongfully fired her in 2022, says in. That’s where traffic was snarled as arson and explosives details sought to determine if the package, which was found on the mezzanine level at the Seventh and Hope street side of the station, was a danger. The shutdown extended to vehicle traffic between Fifth and Eighth streets and between Hope and Flower streets, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Department handles law enforcement on the Metro. The worker notified a transit deputy, which prompted a full shutdown of the station and a massive response from both the Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles Police Department. ![]() ![]() The “all clear” came about 5 p.m., hours after a Metro maintenance worker noticed the package inside the 7th Street/Metro Center Station at Seventh and Hope streets, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ramon Montenegro said. Several streets in downtown Los Angeles were closed due to a suspicious package found near a bus stop Friday afternoon. A suspicious package that caused a commuting nightmare in downtown Los Angeles Thursday turned out to be a hoax, officials said. The Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in downtown is reopening after it was briefly evacuated due to a suspicious package that was located in the mail room. ![]()
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